Potato, as nearly as type can approximate the Aroostook County pronunciation.
(In Maine French, pomme de terre will be readily understood,
but patate is more likely. French fries are patates
frites.)
Gould, John. MAINE LINGO: Boiled Owls, Billdads, & Wazzats. Camden, Maine: Down East Magazine, 1975
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