Lived in Maine my whole life and FINALLY I find someone who does an actual Maine accent instead of British but with extra steps lol. Thanks for this :)

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

Yes, that's the sticking point for me. If it sounds British or Transatlantic, I have a "nails on chalkboard" reflex. How did you come upon this vid?

I'm a Maine native. I lived in the western foothills for many years, and have now lived on the midcoast for nearly 20 years. There is no one Maine accent, but many quite different variations. Thanks, Matt for demonstrating one of many.

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

What would you say is the biggest difference between the accent I'm using here and... well the MOST different Maine accent from it?

@sirosis7858

2 жыл бұрын

this accent sounds like an impression of someone from downeast. Very exaggerated and almost cartoonish. Your ayuh is spot on though. You want to hear a good downeast look up the "interview with a lobsterman" video, or the video titled "the elusive mainer accent in its natural habitat" those are both perfect genuine downeast accents. I like how your video explains the sounds though, it is very interesting! As for which accents are different from downeast, I would say all of them are pretty strongly different. Listen to someone from inland maine (look up Tony Bennett and Codfish from Downeast Dickering, 100% pure bethel/inland accent) or someone from Caribou and they don't sound anything like a downeast accent. There's also the "northern mass" accent of Portland south to the border. There's also a couple really small accents here too, like that weird French accent you run into by St Francis or Fort Kent. That's a really odd one.

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

@@sirosis7858 neat, and thanks for the references. Yes, cartoonish, it may be but cartoonish impersonations are actually a decent way to start. You can always dial back for the more realistic effect. Do think you have an accent?

@sirosis7858

2 жыл бұрын

@@narratormatt noooo accent here! I am just saying as a "neutral" observer, hahah! I get annoyed a lil bit when every "maine accent" video goes for the downeast...I live in rural inland Maine and hardly ever hear it. But ALL the people I live around sound like Tony Bennett and Codfish from Downeast Dickering. Maybe toss "Yummy" in there a lil too. But Tony sounds like EVERYONE I know. And that's a huge chunk of the state. Downeast? A couple lobstermen and old timers quickly outnumbered by the tourists and flatlanders? Please. But that's the "maine accent" people key on for some reason. Just bizarre.

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

@@sirosis7858 Great references. Thank you!

Im born and raised in maine and my family has been here for generations and I can say the older people absolutely sound like this but as the generations come it's becoming more and more of a softer accent.

I'm from Bar Harbor too - you did a pretty great job of actually explaining "ayuh".

For some of the Mainers on here saying "OMG we don't talk like that" ... come to the coast sometime people. I live in Rockland and people very much talk like this. Not everyone, but a lot of people. I say you did a damn fine job Matt.. yessah

@KatieBellino

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly. My grandparents live downeast. I've definitely heard this accent out of my grandparents and others in that area. Most of the younger generation isn't as heavy.

@Twirble

5 жыл бұрын

There are definitely different dialects. Someone from Machias will sould different from someone from Portland.

@brad349miller

5 жыл бұрын

djhart25 none of us speak like this. None of this is us. He's doing a 40's mid Atlantic trying not to.

@Enigmatic_Lurker

3 жыл бұрын

When he was describing the difference between native and industry standard I was like "Sooo southern Maine vs Bar Harbor?"

It's not a thing amongst many younger Mainers, especially in Southern Maine, but I can guarantee that accent is still around. Most of my uncles have it, although for some reason my dad, grandmother, and grandfather never had it.

@Ap0Kal1ps3

2 жыл бұрын

Younger generations have media influencing their speech patterns whereas people born before the 40s didn't. They mostly met people from their own areas, and this caused more accents to exist.

I lived in Maine for almost 18 years. This accent is a little bit kinder to the state than what it actually is. My entire family has lived there since they came over from, respectively, Ireland and Nova Scotia/Quebec in the 1800s. The Maine accent is more polluted dependent on several things: A) Were you raised in a small community of less than 30,000? (Was that community of similar heritage and age) my memere (in French Canadian that would be my grandmother) still drops the r's off of her words. However, some of her wordage changes because of the fact that she grew up trying to be a proper 50s housewife. (And no, that's not an anti-feminist thought, that is all she wanted to do. Even when she had a job, she wanted to go back to being a housewife; for her that was ideal.) B). How old are you currently? Different ages have more of a pronounced accent. Your older relatives will have the definite edge of a Mainah accent, but the younger ones won't.

@kylegrant6365

8 жыл бұрын

C) where in the state are you from? My family is from the northwest part of the state, but there were still a lot of country kids my age (I'm 23) that had the accent. It tends to grow the further east you get, but only if you're in the small towns. My cousins, who are only a couple years older from me, lived in Bucksport, and have the accent. D) what do your parents do, and how much money do they make? If your parents are wealthy, or do jobs that involve a lot of communication with other regions (say Boston, NYC, the South, internationally, etc) that accent is going to be erased. Intentionally. Or if your parents moved as kids. Essentially that accent was obliterated by years of mixing with middle American types, by advantages in communities, and the fact that the state grew in population. The fact that that accent still exists points to the fact that a lot of those communities are still mostly 5-10,000 people in size. They're small towns that kept the same population.

@kylegrant6365

8 жыл бұрын

+Kyle Grant the fact that you haven't heard anyone speak like that is more a testament to the fact that you haven't been to places like China, Maine, or Corinth, Maine, or Presque Isle, Bucksport, Madawaska, etc. People still do talk like that, it just depends on who and where you ask. This accent is not precise, it's more close to the Brahmin accent than the Mainer. The latter is more rugged. But it's close.

@heidimsw

7 жыл бұрын

+Kyle Grant: You've lived there ONLY 18 years? You aren't a "true" Mainer, then. Lol. Do the "natives" still refer to you as as a "flatlander"? Ha, ha!

Great job n don't let these natives tell you differently. It's definitely a lot more subtle in most parts of Maine but some places like Millinocket are just as exaggerated as that. Trust me, in Maine this is what we talk like when we wanna joke around.

Natve Mainah here. You are definitely dead on for how they talk Downeast, especially the older generation. My grandparents definitely talk like this. I would say the younger generation will have certain words come out like this, but you are unlikely to find us speaking that thickly most of the time. You are dead on for your analysis "ayuh".

the thumbnail holding up that "ayuh" had me thinking this was some entry-level nonsense but you got it

Been a Mainer all my life, and your practice of "r" sounds all screwed up (I think i sound like a pregnant ewe when I say Bar Harbor) but you nailed it on "Going to California". You might not pass on the coast chum, but you'd fit in in central Maine. You should come sleddin sometime, it's the cold that'll get you to say the "r's" right.

I'm actually staying in Bar Harbor right now and I wanted to look up videos about the Maine accent. This was a lot of fun to watch! Thanks!

Hi Matt! Great job! Working on "Sea Wife" here in Chicago--this will be so useful to our large cast. Persevere!

I’ve lived in Metro Detroit since 94; it’s amazing how Canadian people think we sound

Spent time in Maine as a kid w family up there. Great work. Found you because I’m in LA with a role of a woodsman from Maine.

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

Oh heck yes. Let us know how it goes!

I'm from southern Maine. Kittery and York and Eliot. Now my great-grand parents of Eliot spoke with a softer, educated version. Less W's and a deliberate soft ending and lack or "R"s and this circa 1890s as they were so very senior in years. Aunt Hope did say "Ayuh" but as "Hyuh". Hope this helps.

I was born and raised and still live in Maine. I have met very few people that have as strong an accent as your are portraying. The age group of maybe 80+ still talk like that, but that's about it. We actually have a much softer accent.

@timesawasting7532

Жыл бұрын

And that's a shame, but it is happening everywhere (loss of local accents). I was in Maine 2 years ago and met a couple of very old people north of Winter Harbor who had the local, old accent and it was so great to hear.

Man you're right on ... really well done.

That was fun! Looked up a Maine accent because i’ve been listening to an audiobook set in Maine and doubted that the narrator’s accent was accurate. Sometimes the characters sound like Hollywood’s idea of a Southern or even Appalachian person, other times the accent sounds like a straight up Boston accent…Narrator tried her hand at a Brooklyn accent (i live in Bklyn, so i know what various Bklyn accents sound like), and that too sounded like a Boston accent. After listening to your Maine accent, I now have a better feeling for what the other audiobook narrator ought to have sounded like. (Funny coincidence you’re both audiobook readers.) I especially enjoyed your channeling via the Zep tune!! Bravo! Maybe you could try your hand at Truckin’, by the Dead, preferably with a mismatched accent, maybe even a foreign one. Brixton? Upperclass English? Middle class London?

@narratormatt

2 ай бұрын

I've got vids for the latter two but haven't tried Brixton! Truckin' might go perfectly with that.

This world needs more of you!

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. And so I shall keep showing up.

You got to do the "Well christ bub, we went down to the Lobstah hut and got some fresh lobstah", The down east accent

@joshnorman1823

5 жыл бұрын

Balls TheTalkingDog yes sia that’s our accent right there bub

Thanks, I needed this for a quick thing I'm doing today. Glad I found you.

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

So glad it was helpful. These testimonials keep me truckin'

@MiaHessMusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@narratormatt you are welcome! I'm pretty good at accents and my parents had a summer house on Deer Isle in Maine but that was decades ago so I've lost my sound memory of Maine.

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

@@MiaHessMusic as cliche as it is, I really do get a lot of mileage out of listening to Tim Sample.

I'm sure he could do a great Peter Griffin.

I found this after watching an SNL skit called "Maine Justice" I was able to catch the New Orleans reference but I wanted to make sure Maine got its credit within the skit.

Currently reading Song it Susannah and I had to look up how people from Maine speak because because the voice in my head couldn’t figure it out and it was ruining the immersion. I can go back to reading now. Thanks!

Watching this just because I’m reading a lot of Stephen King and I want to correctly pronounce the Maine colloquialisms in my head lol

Great work Matt!

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

Why thank you! How did you come upon this vid? I'm always curious.

Wow. Pretty good. I'm a Mainer and you did a good job. MY license plate alone says Ayuh on my truck. But you still lack the natural flow , it definitely shows your trying. (to me anyways) . But it's a good impression. :)

Marvellous video!

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

Why thank you. How did you come across this vid?

@dzfz2100

Жыл бұрын

@@narratormatt I searched for an explanation of the Maine accent as I didn’t realise it was a thing (I saw it on some other American accent video, but it only featured for a second) and yours was the clearest and most informative video!

207 born and bred your doing it justice man keep it up

that was great !

I just got cast in a role that was written to be a Maine accent and haven't ever spent any time there. This seems as good a place to start as any!

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Let me know how it went over and if you need any additional help.

I'm reading a Jodi Picoult novel that takes place in Maine, and wanted to know how they talk. Ayuh.

@sarahharper4057

4 жыл бұрын

Jeff King haha sane I’m reading a Stephen King one

This was helpful. Thank you,

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

So glad. How did you come across this one? Are you working on something, these days?

@pnoonan4018

Жыл бұрын

@@narratormatt Yes sir. I am doing Charlie in On Golden Pond with the florida Rep. I have played the part before, but just relied on the boston accent. Your tutorial helped me decipher a little bit of the difference and I appreciate your skills. Again, thank you.

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

@@pnoonan4018 no prob. Do you folks also have a dialect coach to help you with this?

Actually we have more than one accent in Maine. Go spend some time in old French Canadian neighborhood's like Lewiston or even up north. The accent you describe is what we call "Down East". Most of Maine has a distinct French Canadian affiliation with our accent.

My grandparents came from Maine back in the 50's and Grandpa never shook the accent. We all grew up saying "Ayuh" only with a slight "p" at the end for some reason. Maybe because "Yup" is a common word here and we just thought Grandpa was tossing a random "Ah" in front like he often tacked random "r's" to the end of words (particularly if they ended in vowels). It was really interesting hearing the accent again after all these years (Grandpa passed nearly 20 years ago). Thanks for the video.

@narratormatt

5 ай бұрын

My pleasure. Have you seen the follow up video?

@rtyria

5 ай бұрын

@@narratormattNo.

@narratormatt

5 ай бұрын

@@rtyria kzread.info/dash/bejne/pG2Ak6x8nNLefZM.html

being from central maine this was super cool because I have been as far as colorado and people told me I have no accent. even from very different states. But I know I can do the deep maine backwoods accent. I wonder if there is a sort of full understood accent for american english

I was born and grew up in Hancock County, which is where he says he grew up (Bar Harbor). To my ears, his version sounds tinged with Massachusetts or Rhode Island, which are similar but not identical accents to the Downeast Maine accent. In general, there should be more of a lilting drawl to it, and the R is absolutely completely dropped in a traditional Maine accent, not merely altered as he explains. The industry standard that he demonstrates first, while also off, actually sounds closer to the real thing; like a traditional Maine accent with a hint of Boston Brahmin thrown in. For the real thing listen to these guys: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lKSptI-QlbTQk5s.html

Really like your explanation of the accent! I will say that this accent isn’t the most common version in Maine. I’ve been trying to find any videos that discuss the specific dialect I’m looking for, but the phrase “going to” gets changed to “gonna”, “the” becomes “tha”, and the “g” sound gets dropped from words like “going” and “sleeping”. It’s a mild accent that I’ve noticed being common but I think the dialect you displayed gets a lot more attention than the more subtle and more common one that I’m looking for.

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

Mm... what kind of project has you on the hunt for such samples?

@lumensapace

Жыл бұрын

@@narratormatt just looking for my specific accent

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

@@lumensapace Ah. Gotcha. Let me know if you find any other examples on youtube that sound more "you"

Born and raised in northern Maine, Calais Maine, we have an accent but it's not as "defined" if you would. Didn't realize we had one due to being oblivious to it lol

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

I compare it to being desensitized to an aroma until you've been away from it for a while. For example the cleaning products in my elementary school... just one whiff of that same produce blasts me back to that place and time. Whereas at the time it was "invisible" to me. Anyone else had that experience?

I used to live in Maine and most old people or people way up north usually sound somewhat like that so good job my guy. I didn't know the word "yeah" had a Maine accent because its so normal where I was living and then I moved and people said I talk funny when I say that lol

I grew up hearing all my relatives speak with thick Downeast Maine accents- sure, most of us don't speak like that now, but the older native generations did. Some people may think the accent sounds stupid- but I suggest you check your personal prejudices; a thick Maine accent is music to my ears.

Wicked good, I would say so myself.

When I was a kid, my family drove from NJ to Maine to visit family. They said Ayuh a lot. Actually more like Ayup. We were surprised how popular that word was! Never heard that in NJ.

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

I hear ya. I wonder if the Ayuh actually extends beyond Maine at all. Anyone know?

With Maine accents there is no "r" sound.

@firstlightmentalhealth7402

7 жыл бұрын

Not true. the R in the middle or end of a word is often dropped but not if it precedes a vowel. For exmple, I have 2 cousins named Mahther and Ahtha (Martha and Arthur). Thus an old sentence used to portray the accent is not "pahked my cah in Hahvahd Yahd." Instead, it becomes "pahked muh cahrin Hahvid Yahd." Another point he misses here is the stretched out ending syllable. I often say a Mainer never ends a sentence with a single-syllable word. The final syllable is always stretched to 2 syllables with the second one being nearly swallowed. Thus, "Hahvid Yahd" becomes "Hahvid YAH-ahd."

@travis5064

6 жыл бұрын

Depends, up north they add the r such as (idear) instead of (idea) but I live in the western foothills of Maine and it's a little bit of both

Reading a Willa Cather book… this is helpful

@narratormatt

8 ай бұрын

So glad. How did you come across this video? I'm always curious.

Watched this to find out how all those wonderful Stephen King characters talk. It is my ambition to visit Maine one day because King makes it sound so incredibly beautiful. Ayuh. X

@PixelstarWASD

7 жыл бұрын

beckynahmad sometimes dead is betta!

@zoefischer7304

7 жыл бұрын

beckynahmad I just stopped in the middle of Cujo to watch this video!

@DrKaii

7 жыл бұрын

me too

@TafKiwi

7 жыл бұрын

Same here!

@cctaryn576

7 жыл бұрын

Taf Depending where you go in Maine, there are very beautiful landscapes and landmarks. If you ever visit, I hope you enjoy!

I live in Central Maine and there are several variations of this accent.

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

I think a lot of my influence comes from A) A lovely elderly Bar Harbor woman who took care of me between birth and age 11 (hoping to have a visit with her when I vacation there in June, this year) and the slightly sarcastic version of the accent that some of my high school classmates would take on. The thing of it is... that sarcasm starts to become part of the way they ended up talking when sincere!

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

Anyone else see that as a reflection of how an accent can evolve or be carried over, generationally?

@HotRod12667

2 жыл бұрын

@@narratormatt Language is always evolving.

Born and raised in Bangor, and I've heard both the 'industry standard' and the 'native' you describe. Most of my family talks with the 'industry standard' but it's toned down a bit (which they got from my grandmother, who I'm sorry to say I don't know where she was originally from). They say the full enunciated "ayyah". I can tell you that I've met more people in the wild who speak with the 'native' sound, but those who speak the more 'industry standard' exist, although I couldn't tell you from where. If I had to guess, I think I've heard the accent from fishermen close to the eastern border? Maybe northeast?

@narratormatt

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the more "rural" and older they are, the thicker the accent. And unfortunately, this vid may be obsolete in 20 years because the natives are passing along.

@sandstar102

3 жыл бұрын

@@narratormatt I find it kind of sad. I don't talk with an accent and neither do most of my friends. It almost seems like it's a shame that it's dying out.

@narratormatt

3 жыл бұрын

@@sandstar102 I hear you. Do yourself a favor though and ask your out of state friends if you have an accent. You might be surprised!

I actually can't judge your accuracy here, because I don't think I've ever heard a Maine accent before. I just thought it was interesting how it sort of seemed like a mix between a New York accent and a southern/country accent. I guessed before looking at the below comments that it's probably more from smaller towns than larger cities, haha!

this is really good lol spot on

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

Why thank you! How did you come across this vid?

@desiGnampthia

Жыл бұрын

​@@narratormatt im from rumford. just checking out how people view our accent on youtube lol cheers

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

@@desiGnampthia awesome. There's a sequel to this video you should check out: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pG2Ak6x8nNLefZM.html

Crying laughing - so good. Do all the Led Zeppelin catalog in Maine - signed home sick Mainer.

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

What state are you in, now? If you're down with the type of humor and explicitness of early John Waters, You'll love an audiobook coming out in May that I just started. At long last, I get to apply the accent of my Origin State. Here's the link to the print version of the book. www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2B68HLT?binding=kindle_edition&searchxofy=true&ref_=dbs_s_aps_series_rwt_tkin&qid=1681420198&sr=8-1

@tonyfigoli1155

Жыл бұрын

@@narratormatt nice - thanks for the tip - and I am now an Oregonian - have been for 30 years! ha - but the Maine is hard to wash out.

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

@@tonyfigoli1155 We are truly "fellow travelers." I'm now an Oregonian as well.

holy shit bub yuh hit that right on the frekin head theya deeah

I feel like people in Southern Maine (Lewiston/Auburn and below) have more of the Mass. style New England accent.

@quintenandjoannklonowski134

4 жыл бұрын

lol that's not southern Maine/Down East

I try to tell folks I'm born and bred Mainer and when I speak I sound NOTHING like that... I have heard those in Bar Harbor and the islanders off Bar Harbor sounding like that BUT thats the only place... I'm from Biddeford, grew up in Arundel ,and have traveled all over Maine. You can go to Holton Maine and they sound different from Machias resident's, and you can go to Portland and the sound different from Sanford folks. Yes we carry a lot of the same slang words but with different tones of the accent.

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

I'm learning that more and more. Tell me: Do you think you have one of the other accents you listed, or would you say you have the "general American" one? What do out-of-state folks tell yo?

I am a native Mainer but my parents didn’t have a Maine accent but I wish I had one

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

Never too late :)

Please would you be kind enough to provide a link for the Tabitha King narration..I'm struggling. I'm looking for a North Maine accent - provincial, cold and far from the coast. Any links would be greatly welcomed. Many thanks

@narratormatt

4 жыл бұрын

You may want to steer away from Tabitha as she's got a pretty classic Downeast accent. What's your project?

@AlexanderWoolnough1

4 жыл бұрын

@@narratormatt Hello! just a workshop on Almost Maine, Cariani. He's quite specific about them not being lobster men or from the coast etc. He's very keen that they retain dignity. They are based in a fictional town much more North in the mountains (2-300 miles) But it would be good to have some of the idiosyncracies for authenticity. Many thanks.

@narratormatt

4 жыл бұрын

@@AlexanderWoolnough1 this is one where I don't have as much expertise. Has a general youtube search given you any results? You can also check www.dialectsarchive.com/ when you listen, think about where the accent seems to live in your mouth when imitating it, then take the top 3 distinguishing qualities of it and *stick* to those. Even if it's not 100% native sounding, consistency will go a looong way.

Ahfta yous pahk tha cah ina haba yahd, put tha shopeing ina bahg ina trunk aynd git yous a shmoodie- my native Maine grandmother. And I say that with love because despite being two generations removed and also Canadian, I have some of that accent, too. My mom who has lived in Canada basically her whole adult life, also has some of that accent. Your accent was way too clean. Closer to industry standard than what I know. Good effort.

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

Do they say "yous" in rural Maine? Sounds a bit urban to me.

you did a good translation from the fake maine accent to a pretty close facsimile on the second go. most people still can never get it right unless they are from here?

I like listening to Joe Perham. Maine story teller.

@narratormatt

8 ай бұрын

How close do you think our accents are?

Could you try the following 1. How many minutes did you get on you card? A 100? You must really like me if you wanna talk to me that long, neyahaa. 2. Are nervous about talking to me? 3. Actually its a ticket to a benefit concert. Have you ever heard of The Beatles? Well, it's tickets to a band that looks and sounds and dresses like the Beatles used to dress and sounds like the Beatles used to sound. They've sang for the queen of England have been all around the world.

@FormerSaint80

8 жыл бұрын

You sound soooo sweet!

@DaintyDaisy

8 жыл бұрын

+FormerSaint80 hehe.. Are you nervous about talking to me?

@FormerSaint80

8 жыл бұрын

A LITTLE bit...

@DaintyDaisy

8 жыл бұрын

FormerSaint80 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

@FormerSaint80

8 жыл бұрын

Sing to me...

Omg thank you for the distinction between an industry and native Maine accent. As a 6th generation Mainer it drives me NUTS how the Maine accent is portrayed in film. I’m not sure I’ve ever heard an accurate one. It’s always far too exaggerated, especially the ‘ayuh’ (think SNL gay fishermen skit) and loss of ‘r’, and often comes off as almost southern (like in the south we speak more slowly/drawn out but that’s where the similarity ends imo). The accent you do here is still, in some cases, a bit exaggerated but the downeast accent often is, per the influence of Tim Sample. It’s not that it’s not accurate it’s just that it’s more old-timey. These days, throughout the state, it’s more muted. And as another commenter noted it is actually so variable through the state. You’ve got the French Canadian Maine accent and downeast and midcoast and western foothills and on and on. I work in the fishing industry up and down the coast and oh my god, the discrepancies. Not just from town to town but even within families. I know a family of fishermen who all have very different levels of the accent; two brothers that have it slightly, two that have it pretty thick, parents that have it to the point where flatlanders can’t understand them. Lastly, there is always so much emphasis on the dropping of ‘r’s. (Car v cah) it’s a very Bostonian approach to it all. What doesn’t get enough spotlight is the addition of ‘r’s! Idear (not idea), though some Mainers do say ide-ya not idear. What a mess lol. Umbreller (umbrella) is a big one. The one I get the most flack for is ‘raum’ instead of room. People think I’m saying rum lol. Anyways. If actors want to get the accent right they need to listen to interviews with actual Mainers or come visit and live in the appropriate region for a week or however long. This video is a great first step though- and again, I really appreciate you delineating between industry and native. Cheers bub!

@narratormatt

4 ай бұрын

Pretty dahn good feedback they-uh, bub! Yeah, I'm amazed at how many performances sound like they skipped the step of just listening to locals. Again I think the key is to "dirty it up" from the more broad Bostonian r-drops. We'll see if I can tune my ear to differences by town and region. This step is my achilles heel. I have so much trouble distinguishing accents within a state or general area of the US. Wish me luck!

Don’t forget to slow down to speaking at half speed . I was just up there, working storm for CMP and holy Jesus do those people really slow down their speech to about half of what an upstate New Yorker does. I’m absolutely obsessed with the accent though!

@narratormatt

5 ай бұрын

I didn't consider that! What age range were the people you were speaking with?

That was wicked bad deya bubby

i kinda disagreed with you on the r part until i heard you're from BH, in western maine lots of my relatives fully drop they r, my grandmother even told my mom (darcy) that the R was silent in her name lol

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

I've gotten a lot of feedback about Western vs Downeast (my turf). Do you have any samples of Westerners talking? Would love to hear and share.

from native mainer, btw.

Omg, hahaha this is great! 💬

Ya gawt ya accent dawn pretty good ayuh… ~Penobscot Maine DownEasta🇺🇸

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

Thanksh bub!

Remake please🕶 I wanna see if your Maine accent is the best. I’m from my he part of maine that doesn’t talk like that but I get it from bar harbor

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

Well, I'm most familiar with Bar Harbor, obviously. Can you refer me (and others, here) to any videos from your part of Maine? Or just where in Maine you're from... I can start researching on the International Dialects of English Archive (IDEA)

Ayah! I say it all the time!

lol i’m in the middle of maine in like dexter area and i don’t sound like this

@narratormatt

3 жыл бұрын

And the controversy continues. Yeah, it might be time to do a follow up video on downeast vs other Maine accents. How long have you lived in Dexter? Did your parents grow up there as well?

have you ever talked to someone from maine before?

i'm a native Mainer people from other states say we have an accent but i don't hear it

I talk like this I live in Harpswell

I'm mainah ,good job...

You missed one. Lots of people say “ohhhyeah” when you’re talking to them if they agree with you. Ex: “you want to get some drinks guy no we’re done work” “ohhhyeah guy you know today was a hard one”

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

Do you think the oooohhhyeah has a different feel than other versions of the same words? For instance the Minnesota "oo ya."

in a lot of words their is no r. example lobstua. and I think your trying to speak northern Maine or hard maner accent. most of us have a softer accent. sometimes it slips out hard . not always though.

@theutopianoutopioan464

5 жыл бұрын

This is technically called " non-rhoticity

This is very attractive

@narratormatt

11 ай бұрын

Well goodness, thank you. What part of it do you like the most?

@Asidders

11 ай бұрын

​@@narratormatt 4:43-4:50, your smile🥰(sorry) and also the apparently "fake" accent at 0:51! Also, I don't know if you give away what "your" accent is? To me it sounds like "general American", which I know many don't like, but it's my foreign ears not hearing any particularities

@narratormatt

11 ай бұрын

@@Asidders yes, mine is General American, though a linguist might be able to sort out the region I came from. Foreign Ears: Where are you from?

@Asidders

11 ай бұрын

@@narratormatt Sweden!

@narratormatt

11 ай бұрын

@@Asidders goodness! I've had such a hard time nailing down the Swedish accent. You all speak English too well, over there.

The industry accent you did sounds like Katherine Hepburn.

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly. Too much transatlantic Hah-vahd College polish. Gotta get a bit more funky, downeast.

That’s the down east Maine accent bub

I live and maine. Your efforts are def there. Solid strike out though. Native mainers have 3 accents. *Northern maine=french Canadian w hint of mainer. *Central Maine= diet down east. Downeast Maine=downeast. Those that live here know what I mean. Outsiders will never have a clue what I just wrote.

“Sometimes dead is bettuhhh”

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

Ha! Now, what did you think of the accent used in each of those movies? Was one bettuhh than the othehhh?

I have not found a single audiobook narrated by Tabitha King. If they exist...where?

btw guys, these eastern coastal accent started dying down like 50 years ago, so everyone here saying it sounds dumb and fully non-rhotic is probably from a younger generation who learned the midwestern derived general american from the past few generations of those who listened to television and radio talk. My grandmother (74) lived in nyc for many generations, as well as my mother(51) and they both intenetionally dropped their accents because it's just out of fashion (though it gets heards from my grandma much more or from my mom if she's angry), and Im 16 and there is zero trace from me or any of my friends having a new york accent. new england accent like maine have most certainly met the same fate, though there may be some less populated areas or places of older generations where it survives. in new york, staten island has enough italian whites where the accent remains at least in the parents in the current generation.

Did you reach your goal my guy?

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

To do all 52 accents? Yes! In fact that number is creeping up on 150% of the the goal, as of this writing :)

I live in southern Maine and I don't think I've ever heard anyone with any significant accent. Is that weird or does the Portland area just not have a noticeable one? Like legit I dr never heard anyone say ayuh before

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

It partially on who you're talking to, where they come from and their age. What's the demographic of the people you know?

Correction: This is how Native Downeasters talk. Us folks in the highlands talk with alot less expression. It's much more subtle especially in younger generations. Also our "ayuhs" are said while inhaling but outside of the boomers that word is almost gone entirely. Most of our accent can be exhibited by how we combine words more than the actually sounds now. The only people who talk with that dialect in the highlands are either quoting Bob Marley or are douchebags trying to sound more Maine.

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

Well that's the slippery thing about accents and dialects, isn't it? They morph with generations. Do you have a clip of highlands that would be a good example?

@codycaron2477

2 жыл бұрын

@@narratormatt I appreciate your inquisitiveness. I will work towards procuring materials for you.

Most prevalent in the midcoast area.

please allow me···hahahahahahahahahahaha···laughing······the "r" part···

Did he learn them?

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

Christopher: Tell me more... did I learn the other Maine accents? Is that the question?

I was born and lived in Maine for 10 years and never developed a accent

One of the accents reminds me of Thurston Howell the 3rd from Gilligans Island 🤔

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

Huh, I'm not well-versed with the show. Is his character from Maine?

Bluehill born and raised

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

When were you attending? I went in 5th and 6th grade. Mrs. Snow, Mrs. Martin, Mr. Wilson, Mrs. Graham, Ms. Baldwin were all my teachers. How about you?

Oh, and my family is born and raised in Maine, to this day, not one of them speak like this. And while I was growing up, I never ran in to anyone who spoke like this.

@annakathrynhodgman-burns535

8 жыл бұрын

Well, every accent does differ slightly. My grandmother is from Yarmouth, my grandfather from Portland. Both have incredibly thick accents that sound like that, maybe it's a costal thing. My mother on the other hand doesn't have the slightest bit of this accent, although she was raised by my grandmother and grandfather and lived in Yarmouth growing up. She sounds "average American". Maybe it's a costal thing, and maybe age has to do with it.

@jdrocco81

8 жыл бұрын

I grew up in South Portland, Biddeford, Old orchard beach, Yarmouth, Mechanic Falls and Scarborough. I made frequent visits to Litchfield, visiting my Great Grandfather's farm. I also traveled way above Bangor, and never ran in to this.

@annakathrynhodgman-burns535

8 жыл бұрын

+Jeremiah Harvey Well then that's pretty interesting how different it can be, sounded spot on to me but not to you. Makes sense, Maine is a pretty big state square mileage wise. Everyone's accent is different I guess.

@thedancingabbygirl3202

8 жыл бұрын

Are you from the future when every accent ever is gone and everyone talks in one tone? Because almost everyone I know has at least part of a Maine accent. Including me and my while family. Just saying.

Vermonters use the ehyuh too.

@narratormatt

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, no kidding!

I've lived in maine my whole life and I dont think I've ever heard a hard R

he sounds like peter griffin sometimes 😂

@narratormatt

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, but you should hear my Rhode Island. Or maybe not... people have mixed opinions on that one.

study Bert and I and go to the docks at Georgetown maine Five Islands xoxo

I have grow up in Maine my whole Life and my grandpa had an accent And I do not. I have a dad from Michigan and a Mom from Maine no go to a Maine school. Which I will say non of my teachers have had a accent.😅 It’s kinda funny. 😆 I say it all in regular English. No accents, Nothing. It shows up when I sometimes say “No” or “I know.”

@narratormatt

2 жыл бұрын

Do you find that you send the "O" sound particularly forward when you say it?

Native Mainer. York county.

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

What did you think?

@parryandriposte1478

Жыл бұрын

@@narratormatt I think you did a great job bud.

@narratormatt

Жыл бұрын

@@parryandriposte1478 cool, thank you