Re: Californian vowels [was Re: Liking German]

Quoting D Tse <exponent@...>:

> << 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 :)
Well, where's he from? That pronunciation of "because" is
actually widespread in Britain.

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