Now, thereare a fewmythsabouttheNewYorkaccent. Andthebiggestoneisthatsuch a thingevenexistsbecausedifferentethniccommunitieshavealldevelopedtheirownversionsoftheNew
I mean, that's hogwash. Becauserightnow I'm speakingwith a southerntwangaccent, whichisn't slowatall. It's also a littlebitnasalandhaswhatwecall a rhotic R.
Sowehavecar, yard. I parkedmycarinHarvardYard. Andnumberthreeistheintrusive R.
だから車と庭がある。私はハーバード・ヤードに車を停めた。そして3つ目は、侵入者Rです。
SotheBostonaccentnotonlydrops R sounds, italsoaddsthem. If a wordendswith a vowel, andthefollowingwordbeginswith a vowel, weaddanextra R soundinbetweenthosetwo.
Ourlaststopontoday's accenttouristhegoldenstate, California. Andagain, there's a bunchofdifferentCaliaccents, buttheway I'm talkingrightnowiswhatwemightcall a NorCalaccent. Andasyoucanhear, it's fairlycloseto a neutralAmericanaccent, buttherearesomesubtledifferences. Solet's talkaboutthem. NumberoneisthatCaliforniaaccentsingeneralarefamousforvocalfry, whichisthesoundyourvoicemakeswhenyoukindofletitsitinyourthroat. Canyouhearhowmyvoiceis a littlebitgrainyrightnow? That's vocalfry, andyoucanhearitalloverCalifornia. Numbertwoisuptalk. Andthat's when a speakerends a statementwith a risingtone. Yeah, I livedinSanJosefortwoyears, butitwasn't therightfit. Myvoiceisrisingattheendsofboththosestatements, but I'm notasking a question. That's uptalk.
Andnumberthreeiswhat's calledtheCaliforniavowelshift. Andthisoneistrickybecauseit's a slightadjustmenttothepronunciationof a handfulofvowelsounds, asyoucanseeinthischart. I'llgiveyou a fewexamples. I'lldo a standardpronunciationandthentheCaliforniaversion. Caught, caught. Rude, rude. Time, time. Book, book. It's a smallshift, butit's there.
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