Is Being Called 'From Away' in Maine Offensive?
After being referred to as from away, I fell into a hole on the internet doing a search on where the heck this expression in Maine came from.
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After being referred to as from away, I fell into a hole on the internet doing a search on where the heck this expression in Maine came from.
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