Re: Californian vowels [was Re: Liking German]

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>(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! ;-) ;-))))))
Heh, i actually know people from Orange County in Southern California who
actually talk with the "valley" accent. I myself can imitate it. Usually
when i'm teasing my friend Vince.

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