Do you speak "California English"? (San Diego, San Francisco: home, college)

[Curmudgeon]

Originally Posted by Fontucky

I just wrapped up a 15-minute Mexglish/Spanglish conversation with a renter. I'm more comfortable with that than I am Spicolispeak or Valspeak, and I was raised in the OC surf culture.

So was I and, what was that you said?

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by Ceece

Yes I do. It's not Spanglish in any way, it's pure Bay Area/NorCal lingo.

When it comes to CA English, only Socal exist for most.

[volosong]

Born, raised, and lived my whole life in SoCal, in my seventh decade now. I totally understand about the slurring mentioned in the Wikipedia link. Since my best lady friend of four years is a middle-school English teacher, she's always on me about how I pronounce the indefinite article, (the). Might be the Spanish influence, or my time spent visiting South America, but I am now aware, and catch myself all the time, pronouncing "the" as one would pronounce "duh".

Her bugging me about that, and part-time teaching at the local community college has made me aware how fast I talk and how I need to enunciate better. I can hear myself, and have to say it again more carefully. Sometimes, my slurring is really bad.

[Mike930]

Originally Posted by OptimusPrime69

LOL, I like California English.
It's very..... like..chill.

Like, whenever I get my starbucks coffee I get this gnarly triple shot drink made my this super hot barista and she's just like..totally into her job and I think it's pretty rad she's so passionate about like...coffee. She's chill as hell, braah...u should totally go.

Reading this I picture Spicoli from Fast Times at Ridgemont High. +1

[santabarbarabigisland]

Nothing is more torturous than the way Noo Yawkuhs speak...that is, with the exception of the Lawnguylinduhs. "Eau moy gawawd, they put shuguh in moy cawfee instedd of the Sweetenlow oy wanted faw moy die-it! Whey-yuh is moy daw-awg? Tiff-nay, where awww yooo?" Even their little foofy looking "dawgs" seem to bark in their accents: "Wuh-uhf."

[Gentoo]

Originally Posted by santabarbarabigisland

Nothing is more torturous than the way Noo Yawkuhs speak...that is, with the exception of the Lawnguylinduhs. "Eau moy gawawd, they put shuguh in moy cawfee instedd of the Sweetenlow oy wanted faw moy die-it! Whey-yuh is moy daw-awg? Tiff-nay, where awww yooo?" Even their little foofy looking "dawgs" seem to bark in their accents: "Wuh-uhf."

Hahaha!

[ARhodyInTheDesert]

IMO, Californians speak with a very neutral accent and tend to better enunciate their words than folks from the South, Northeast, and Great Lakes regions, hence they are much "easier on the ears." Hehe.

[WSPHXPELON]

Originally Posted by santabarbarabigisland

Nothing is more torturous than the way Noo Yawkuhs speak...that is, with the exception of the Lawnguylinduhs. "Eau moy gawawd, they put shuguh in moy cawfee instedd of the Sweetenlow oy wanted faw moy die-it! Whey-yuh is moy daw-awg? Tiff-nay, where awww yooo?" Even their little foofy looking "dawgs" seem to bark in their accents: "Wuh-uhf."

Lol! I am a New Yorker (not LI) but I gotta tell you that I take no offense and furthermore your post was f-in' hilarious!! Great post!

[Mouldy Old Schmo]

Originally Posted by WSPHXPELON

Not to rain on anybody's parade, but did you people even read the link that the OP posted? The majority of that article had to do with accent pronunciation, where as everybody on this thread has posted sentences in Valley Girl speak.

"Valley Speak" is a type of California English.

[NorCal Dude]

New yorkers don't have accents anymore. Between the immigrants, status quo accent suburbanites, and midwest tranplants, you will be hard pressed just find a real new yorker anymore.