I first came across the term "Mainer" yesterday in an article in my June
2011 print edition of The Atlantic magazine seen on-line here:
http://tinyurl.com/6gkc8au
We have much the same labelling of imports over long established
multi-generational residents ...."come from away" !
jh
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From: "Bob Whitmire" <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [OM] Fence + Green Grass = Myth
> Well, actually, one cannot be a Mainer unless one's progenitors back until
> the memory of man runneth not to the contrary lived in Maine; however,
> incomers who stay for one winter and voluntarily stay for another are
> afforded the honorary title of Maineiac.
>
> --Bob
>
>
> On May 17, 2011, at 8:45 PM, John Hudson wrote:
>
>> Best not to be a Maineiac :-)))) ?
>
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