How the California Accent Uses French-Style Pronunciations

Linguist TheLingOtter examined the “California English” dialect, noting that several words and phrases are used and pronounced very differently from those in the rest of the United States, particularly the East Coast. The narrator also points out that this dialect uses vowels that are closely tied to French pronunciation.

The California Dialect and how it might be becoming French

via Nag on the Lake

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