California accent (vs, moving, dating)

[ca1304]

Guys, do you think we California people express things differently than other states? i.e. pronunciation, tones, words we use, idioms... I am not talking about Valley girl or surf dude accent tho, just average California people.

[Fontucky]

Previously covered in detail:

http://www.city-data.com/forum/calif...ia-accent.html
http://www.city-data.com/forum/calif...ia-accent.html

[ca1304]

Originally Posted by Fontucky

Previously covered in detail:

http://www.city-data.com/forum/calif...ia-accent.html
http://www.city-data.com/forum/calif...ia-accent.html

Thanks man, I just read it through the threads, I think I got the idea, but still, not trying to be a sexist here, do you think man and woman talk differently in California? I mean, like women tend to have the question tone for statements more often than men do, or you guys feel the same?

[Fontucky]

Originally Posted by ca1304

Thanks man, I just read it through the threads, I think I got the idea, but still, not trying to be a sexist here, do you think man and woman talk differently in California?

Yes I do, at certain ages.

[Fontucky]

Here's some disturbing news. It was annoying enough when just the females talked this way, now the young males are taking it up?

BBC News - More men speaking in girls' 'dialect', study shows

[Galaxie Girl]

Originally Posted by Fontucky

Here's some disturbing news. It was annoying enough when just the females talked this way, now the young males are taking it up?

BBC News - More men speaking in girls' 'dialect', study shows

Is that what Stewie was talking about in an episode of "The Family Guy" about a girl Brian was dating...

"All right Brian, you can do this. You can dump her, because once it's done, you'll never have to listen to her talk like this? You know, where everything has a question mark at the end of it? With an upward inflection? At the end of every sentence?"

[bigdumbgod]

Originally Posted by Fontucky

Here's some disturbing news. It was annoying enough when just the females talked this way, now the young males are taking it up?

BBC News - More men speaking in girls' 'dialect', study shows

"We believe that uptalk is becoming more prevalent and systematic in its use for the younger generations in Southern California," she added.

[facepalm] Oh SoCal, how you do these things to yourselves.

[savoytruffle]

Hard R's is one thing my East Coast family says is Californian/West Coast. My cousin's husband says California accents are sing-songy. Maybe that has to do with what Galaxie Girl is saying about the questioning tone.

Another random thing: My boyfriend was born in Nebraska and says "aprishiate" vs "appreeeciate" (emphasis on the E). I have heard that's Midwestern.

[justducky2]

Southern Californians use "the" before a freeway name; northern Californians do not. I know, because I was accused of plagiarism and had to prove to my boss I was a SoCal person prior to moving north!

"Take the 405 north" vs "Take 50 east"...

[RoaminRebel]

Originally Posted by justducky2

Southern Californians use "the" before a freeway name; northern Californians do not. I know, because I was accused of plagiarism and had to prove to my boss I was a SoCal person prior to moving north!

"Take the 405 north" vs "Take 50 east"...

Also, on the East Coast they will say "I-95" or "I-40". A friend of mine was doing an on air traffic report in NC and the manager actually called him when he heard him referring to I-40 as "the" 40...