Speakin Maine

Dean Lunt

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ISBN: 9781952143014
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Speakin Maine

A Wicked Good Guide to Understanding the Language

  Author:   Dean Lunt    
  Publisher:  Islandport Press

A ninth-generation Maine native tackles the language of Maine in a book that reveals the culture and heritage behind the words we use everyday. Ayuh, the language of Maine is more than just an accent and few catch phrases like “You can’t get there from here.” We reckon, it is all that, but it also includes idioms, words, sayings, and stories birthed in the state’s sometimes harsh environment and hardscrabble living conditions or that harken back to words rooted in the home countries of Maine’s immigrants. This book looks at it all; from the wicked funny to the serious to the stories told at lumber camps and fish wharves. It’s perfect for native Mainers as well as those from away to enjoy a laugh and to learn just a tad more about Maine.

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ISBN associated with this title: 9781952143014
Item ISL137
PublisherIslandport Press
PublisherIslandport Press
Published on
Language eng
Pages 208
Format Paperback
Dimensions8.5(in) x 5.5(in)
Shipping weight0(g)
Status NOT YET PUBLISHED
Dean L. Lunt was born in the Maine island fishing village of Frenchboro, a member of the eighth generation of Lunts that called the remote island home. He attended the island's one-room school and Mount Desert Island High School before earning a dual degree from Syracuse University. Following graduation, he worked as an award-winning newspaper reporter in three New England states for nearly twelve years, and later worked as a freelance writer, editor and project manager. Lunt founded Islandport Press in 2000 and has since edited or published more than 200 books, most tied in some way to the culture and heritage of Maine or New England. Lunt also founded Islandport Magazine in 2017 and has written two nonfiction books, Hauling by Hand and Here for Generations. His fourth book, Speaking Maine, will be released in October 2020. He has two daughters and now lives in Yarmouth with his wife, Michelle.