Back in the 1990s I was in Bangkok s Patpong gogo zone. I was standing at the bar and heard a younger man order a beer.
“Are you from Maine?”
“Lewiston.”
“Falmouth Foresides. We must be the largest gathering of Maine people in Asia.”
We clinked beers and he shook his head, saying, “Those two ovah theah are coming Bangur.”
We joined them and everything was Chowdah and Wicked Lobstah.
ps I speak all languages,; French, German, Thai, Malay, and English with a Maine Accent.