[Magdalen] Speaking of the Carolinas

[ME Michaud]

At hme, we would have said "He's from away." And for someone
absent "He's away off" with a distince pause between away and off.
Seafarers had amazingly complex ways of describing time, distance
and absence.

I understand that down-Mainers refer to summer tourists
as "The Bostons."
-M

On Tuesday, October 6, 2015, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
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> People would say "Oh, you're from off!"  Is that an expression South
> Carolina uses for people not from SC?
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