Re: Californian vowels [was Re: Liking German]

Thomas R. Wier scripsit:

> > No, I'm not Southern Californian, but I know an acquaintance who has
> > the very annoying speech impediment of pronouncing the word "milk"
> > as /mELk/ (with velar l) and "because" as /b@kUz/. I cringe every
> > time he says either of them :)
>
> Well, where's he from? That pronunciation of "because" is
> actually widespread in Britain.
It's what I've always said, and I render "milk" as something like /mlk/,
and almost nobody can understand it.  My wife says it just disappears
into the ether.

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