Archive for June 23rd, 2010

Maine SoapBox Derby Video Shows The 15th Annual Down Hill Racing Event.

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Watch the Houlton Maine Soap Box derby video for the Northern ME 15th annual downhill kit car race. Maine boys and girls ages 8 to 17 learn “the thrill of the hill” with volunteers from Aroostook County helping put the race together year after year on a specially engineered hill at Community Park in Houlton [...]

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Speaking, Talking The Maine, Canadian Jargon, Lingo, Using Local Slang.

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No wonder there is misunderstanding, miscommunication, mixed signals when you consider the expressions used in day to day language in Maine, just across the border in to Canada. This blog post explains what we mean. Do you call a Coke or Pesi or Mountain Dew drink a soda, a pop, and the container it is [...]

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