To me people from the the midwest, like Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illionis, Ohio or people from California, Oregan, Washington do not have any accent to me, they just all sound normal and neutral to me. The ones that have accents are people from Texas, Georgia, Florida and Louisiana and places in the south, or people from New England like New york that really stick out.

I’m 75, born in San Pedro, lived in Southern California all my life. I can’t believe that I talked, and still do, talk like that. 😅

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For some reason,Cali always aggravated me and I always knew someone was from somewhere else when they used it…. Or I would just tell people I’m from the Bay Area or from the Bay Cause it’s too complicating when you lived all over Northern California

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My HS drama teacher just said to sound more nasally to do a Californian accent. I’m from California and just thought we had a standard accent with celebrities making us all, like, sound hella stupid

Loved this lesson! Thanks for inspiring us fellow English teachers 🧑‍🏫 ❤

Great video! Although I didn’t really understand whether we can actually say the phrase “what an W/L” or just use it in texting? Thanks in advance Amy :)

Should of used some bill and Ted movie clips lol

Born and raised in LA and I you don't know you have an accent till someone else makes fun of it. Sometimes California accent is cringe ngl

Hello! I just want to congratulate with your job. This video is very interesting. And ya. I am native Spanish speaker and sometimes states names in Spanish are really tricky to pronounce in English because I am not used to pronounce them like Colorado, California or Nevada (Nevada means snowfall in Spanish). Also New Mexico which we call it "Nuevo México" and the "X" is pronounced like "H". And it is very interesting. The actual pronunciation of México is not /meksico/ or /mehico/ but /meshico/. This has an indigenous origin, whose they didn't had a writing system. When Spanish colonisers arrived, they used the letter "X" to transcribe the /sh/ because old Spanish used to pronounce that way, apart, many languages of Spain pronounce "X" as /sh/ (in Galician, "today" is said "Hoxe" /oshe/). The pronunciation of X in Spanish was deformed gradually and turned into /h/

Not all of California is Southern California. There are huge differences between NorCal and Socal accents. I'm saying as a 5th generation Californian from San Francisco

what the hell is this even holy shit, there is so much out of context that this video is raunchy as hell. like this is an art piece or something?

Dude, I actually never noticed this. It's just so natural to me. Yo-se-mite, haha. Please don't get offended when we use guys for guys and gals. It's just our dialect hah

My Canadian Queen 👑 name Zara❤ we are seperated for last three months😂 but still that particular name in my head❤ true man love only one's... But the problem is that name😂 ZARA❤❤❤

Love the word stereotype dear teacher, but never been a one in my entire life.. 😮 Tnx for coming up with this much talked about topic that is being discussed all around the world quite often and especially for educating us with the different types of these stereotypes and their thinking of others and vice versa 😮 .. 🙏 Cheers and I hope you have a happy day.. Oops, you know how I would love reading your messages, so just waiting for a one with bated breath.. 🤩❤️❤️ Hugs.xoxoxo Gams ❤️

So... the conclusion is, that stereotypes are based in reality.

Thanks for the video. It’s a great topic and I love that you know your phonetics and phonology. However, the content is super slanted toward white Californians who aren’t even the majority anymore. You really can’t talk about California accent without talking about the influence of Black and Latino speech patterns on the English we speak here.

Thank you Maam. for this video. it is really interest topic about history. thank you.

Thank you for going over this nuanced and interesting topic. Well explained

Your topics are always unusual and interesting❤

Bay Area Silicon Valley girl ❤

Thank you Bonnie Lass

thank you Mam for your well explaination about racist stereotype. ❤️❤️

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Cute video, but as Native southern California beach girl, I'm actually not a fan of this style of speech. It simply lacks substance.

Thank you for explaining the "Vocal FRY." I hate this and I made fun of it before I even knew it was a thing.

Im not necessarily bad at english but I dont know a thing abt american culture so thanks for this video😁😁

The only one I don't say is sick. Maybe it's my age. Not sure. Need to control my likes still. lol

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By the way the stuart guy in the snl skits is a cross of coastal calif with inland or country ...i believe

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please dont talk like this. I have to mute my laptop when my colleagues talk like this

i love the way you explained the accent as a fellow californian! and also the explanation on the 6th T sound is what i was looking for! by far, the most concise video on the cali accent. i like saying cali and frisco but frisco never caught on.

Wow... When did you switch to history teaching my teacher.. 😮❤️ May be I wont be able to reply you as fast as I used to be, but I always do whenever I do find some free time my dear teacher 🙏 You will always be the first to me on utube ahead of the others and I absolutely love reading your messages and sometimes I do by-heart them whenever I can and necessary teacher!! I never seen any other utube teachers had that knack of constructing sentences just like you do!! 😮❤️😘 Take care my dear teacher and I am wishing you a day filled with love and laughter.. 🙏 Hugs.xoxoxo Gams ❤️

This is hard

Really really very kindly American people I like them .. I need some American friends.. really 😊😊

You are literally the greatest teacher in this Universe

In English - BMW - Bavarian Mator Works But actual is German Bee Mm Wee - Bayeriche Motoren Werke GMBH...

f**** you this video is not right

For anyone taking this video seriously, please note that a lot of Californians don't speak this way. California is very diverse. I have to mentioned it, because people I've met while in Europe and Asia thought we all spoke this way. I'm from San Jose. I haven't heard the "Valley Girl" accent in Nor Cal in over 20 years. But, I'm Asian and have mostly lived in the middle of an Asian Tech Suburbia bubble. While living in Scottsdale, AZ, however, I heard a lot of women speak this way. I don't know much about So Cal. But, after reading through the comments, it looks like this is mostly a So Cal Valley accent. For vocabulary and abbreviations, it really depends on where in California you're from. People from the Bay refer to San Francisco as "the City". People from Nor Cal, but outside of the Bay, usually refer to San Francisco as "SF" or "San Francisco". I've heard people use "Frisco" and "San Fran" a few times, but I've never heard the latter from a Californian. When it comes to discussing where you're from, it usually depends on how well-known the city you're from is and who you're talking to. A lot of people say they're from the closest well-known city or the wider region like the Bay. When I'm outside of California, I never say I'm from California or Cali. I just say that I'm from San Jose. However, if I was from Milpitas, I probably would still say San Jose because it's the closest Metropolitan city.

India and Pakistan were colonized by the British Empire.

Huntington (hunnington) Beach lol

When I visited Greece, the locals knew I am from California without me telling them. I was so surprised, how could they tell? 😅 Also my friend always told me, "You are such a valley girl" . I never understood why. 😅 Your video explains. Maybe because of how I speak. 😅

I am from the OxC born and raised! I grew up in Orange and Santana! I've now lived in Texas for 13 years! Back in the day my white surfer buddies used words only a Californian would know like Bra and I am not talking about the thing women wear! Or how about Gnarly as in those waves were Gnarly Bra! Or Bodacious! Those wVes were Bodacious! My dad was a Chicano from Santana and I heard other slang too! Like chingadera and ese!

What’s the difference between city accent vs valley accent? Or is it the same …

The California accent sounds arrogant as hell. I hate it. The South is a lot more humble and down to earth.

My country, Brazil, used to be Portugal's colony. Thank you for the class.

Being a history student I really like these words ❤ thanks very much