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Maine Dialects

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A discussion about Maine expressions and local accents that make up the true language landscape of our state.

Guests:  Michael Erard, author, journalist, and linguist. My latest project Schwa Fire, a digital publication that produces amazing long-form journalism stories about language and life, has launched.  Author of "The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners" and "Slips, Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What They Mean."
  James N. Stanford, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Dartmouth College

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