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Bangor (/ ˈ b æ ŋ ɡ ɔːr / BANG-gor) is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States.The city proper has a population of 31,753, [3] making it the state's third-most populous city, behind Portland (68,408) and Lewiston (37,121).
The Maine accent is the local traditional accent of Eastern New England English spoken in parts of Maine, especially along the "Down East" and "Mid Coast" seaside regions. [1] It is characterized by a variety of features, particularly among older speakers, including r -dropping ( non-rhoticity ), resistance to the horse–hoarse merger , [ 2 ...
Pronunciation Note Respelling IPA; Aberdeen, Washington: AB-ər-deen / ˈ æ b ər d iː n / Also the city in Maryland Abiquiú, New Mexico: AB-ə-kew / ˈ æ b ə k juː / Regular in Spanish Acequia, Idaho: ə-SEE-kwə / ə ˈ s iː k w ə / Achilles, Kansas: ə-KIL-iss / ə ˈ k ɪ l ɪ s / Advance, North Carolina: AD-vanss / ˈ æ d v æ n s ...
Penobscot County is a county in the U.S. state of Maine, named for the Penobscot people in Wabanakik. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 152,199, [2] making it the third-most-populous county in Maine. Its county seat is Bangor. [3]
Maine is one of the last American regions to resist the horse–hoarse merger. This continued resistance was verified by some speakers in a 2006 study of Bangor and Portland, Maine, [ 18 ] yet contradicted by a 2013 study that reported the merger as embraced by Portland speakers "of all ages". [ 45 ]
"Bangor", Maine Town Documents – via University of Maine Fogler Library This page was last edited on 22 September 2024, at 18:32 (UTC). Text is available under ...
The lyrics go "From the bars of San Diego to the county fair way up in Bangor, Maine". The Bogeyman from Bangor, Maine is a cut on Norwegian rock band Titanic's 1992 Lower the Atlantic album. The Mountain Goats recorded a song entitled "Going to Bangor" for an early cassette release (later included on 1999's Bitter Melon Farm compilation).
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