Turns out you CAN get they-ah from hee-yah.

Matt Haynes is an audio-book narrator who is on a mission to learn 52 accents by April 17 of this year. Number 16 on his list is what he calls the "Native Maine" accent (as opposed to what you hear when people attempt to do a Maine accent in movies and television.)

Some of the tips include the correct way to pronounce the letter "R" and the proper way to say "Ayuh." Evidently, we've all been doing it wrong.

Haynes then applies the accent to song lyrics and sings "Going To California" by Led Zeppelin.

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