Re: Californian vowels [was Re: Liking German]

<<...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. >>

My dear old acquaintance is from ... Australia, speaks relatively
normally except for those two words :P Not one of those awful
stereotypically thick accents, mind you. I think most of the people I
know pronounce because /b@'kOz/ or /b@'ki-z/ unstressed.

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