November 19, 2007
Talking Turkey
Why does the bird we call turkey have so many different names around the world? One possible answer is that the dewlapped fowl got caught in the middle when the Old World ran into the New.
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Weekly Staff Pick
I Got the Idear:
My Love Affair with Maine Language
by Marion Kingston Stocking
Maine Folklife Center, $15.00
A wonderful small book sparkling with examples of Maine life and language, with plenty of lobstah and chowdah citings and more to delight both natives and those from away.
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Somesville
Mt Desert, ME 04660
207.244.4114
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