How the California Accent Uses French-Style Pronunciations
by Lori Dorn from Laughing Squid on (#747F5)
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 toFrenchpronunciation.
The California Dialect and how it might be becoming French
via Nag on the Lake
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