Geography and Pronunciation 101

Welcome to Maine.  I just picked the easy ones.  I mean Eggemoggin is pronounced just the way it’s spelled, but I’ve never actually heard anyone say Passagassawaukeag.

If you rhymed the spelling with palace

A Frenchman might accuse you of malice

If you’re from away

You would call it Calais

But Downeast they call it Calais.

It hurts my ears when people mangle this one.

The name’s pronounced almost like bancorp

It’s an irony no one could plan for

It’s not hanger or banger

Or rancor or anger

Stephen King’s hometown is Ban Gore.