Re: Californian vowels [was Re: Liking German]

<< I have a question for you:  is it true that Southern Californians
lower
[I] before /l/ in "milk" (> [mElk])? I've heard tell that that's the
case,
but it was entirely anecdotal, so suspect to questioning. (My
informant
tells me that she was trying to persuade a Southern Californian that
Southern Californians do, indeed, have distinct accents just like
every
other human being, a fact which this Californian was apparently held
in
doubt.) >>

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 :)

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