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Old 02-20-2008, 08:54 PM
 
Location: colorado
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There are Texans, Washatonians, Floridans, New Mexicans, Oklahomans and Coloradoans but I have never heard what a person who lives in the state of Maine is called. Mainards, Mainiacs or what?
Happy.......!
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Old 02-22-2008, 04:56 PM
 
Location: Bar Harbor Maine
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Born and raised on Mount Desert Island (Acadia Nat'l Park) and having a dad as a fisherman, I have learned that the most widely used term to refer to us as is "Mainah" (with a definite emphasis on the "ah")!
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Old 02-22-2008, 05:18 PM
 
Location: Maine
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What are people who live in Maine called?

lucky!
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Old 02-22-2008, 07:55 PM
 
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Tourists are either stap-hangers or PFAs (People From Away). Goatropers are the same as granolas, but from away. Any PFA can be a strap-hanger, but one would have to have a certain amount of earthiness to be a goat-roper.

*I was asked, so I'm clarifying... "What is a granola?"
Someone who is back-to-the-earth, usually shops at the food co-op, and generally lives a life using as many earth-friendly products and practices as possible. You know...a granola eater. It's not a bad or negative thing, just different from the typical WalMart shoppers, if you know what I mean. One of my sisters is a granola, I'm half-granola, and my other sister is not even granola in the least. Chances are, if you've exhibited at the Full Circle or Common Ground Fairs.... you know a granola or 2. Might even bee one.
deer ...well said,,,granolas have risen in status thru the years,,,havent heard the phrase "bark-eating, tree-hugging granola," in a few years

i can respect anyones lifestyle of what they eat,, ...but thats rarely a two way street..as a carnivore,,i dont put down the vegetarian we have in our family,,yet she is quick,,,to put us all down,,for eating meat,,,
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Old 02-22-2008, 09:28 PM
 
Location: West Michigan
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i can respect anyones lifestyle of what they eat,, ...but thats rarely a two way street..as a carnivore,,i dont put down the vegetarian we have in our family,,yet she is quick,,,to put us all down,,for eating meat,,,
I usually just offer them a pork rind or a discussion over some Bar-B-Que'd ribs. Can't imagine why there hasn't been any takers yet. I mean come on, if God didn't want us to eat the little buggers, he wouldn't have made them taste so damn good.
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Old 02-22-2008, 10:21 PM
 
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i can respect anyones lifestyle of what they eat,, ...but thats rarely a two way street..as a carnivore,,i dont put down the vegetarian we have in our family,,yet she is quick,,,to put us all down,,for eating meat,,,
Yeah, but the thread is about what Mainahs are called, so we'll have to leave discussing the finer points of carrot murderers for another thread.
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Old 02-23-2008, 07:47 PM
 
Location: Maine
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I live in the "Highlands Area" of Maine,... does that make me a "Highlander"?
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Old 02-23-2008, 07:55 PM
 
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I live in the "Highlands Area" of Maine,... does that make me a "Highlander"?
yep!! thats it, a milonian highlander
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Old 02-23-2008, 08:10 PM
 
Location: Maine
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yep!! thats it, a milonian highlander
I like it!!
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Old 02-23-2008, 08:17 PM
 
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Default Depends...

It depends on what you like and where in the state you're from. In general we are "Mainahs", that's mainers to the non-locals. But for instance if you you are a "Down Easter" if you are from the Downeast part of the state, or your a Northern New Englander if you are from the Southern part. In general, I just like to call us good folk!
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