David Peterson wrote:
>In a message dated 10/1/01 12:29:21 AM, AL260@AOL.COM writes:
>
><< In his speech the vowel /u/ becomes /y/ or something close to that in
some
>environments. Right now I don't really remember what those environments
might
>be but a few of the words I remember are:
>food /fyd/
>
>too /ty/
>
>hrm...I hesitate to say that it's exactly /y/ because 'too' doesn't sound
>like french 'tu' to me.
>
>Anyway, are there any LA people out there or Southern Californians in
general
>who might help out? >>
>
> Ha, ha, ha! Why, yes, I actually have a lot to say about this.
(snip lengthy and amusing explication.) No offense intended-- but to my
aging midwestern ears this sounds a lot like the much-caricatured Valley
Girl Speak (which seems to have spread-- my teen-aged grand-niece in Florida
talks that way!! Ah, the MTV generation.)
Gag me with a spoon! ;-) ;-))))))