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arabera Gillian L Szegedi 9 months ago

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regional Variations of English in the US.

In the United States, regional variations in English pronunciation and usage are prominent. In California, one key feature is the California vowel shift, where words like "king" sound more like "

regional Variations of English in the US.

regional Variations of English in the US.

midland

northern cities shift
"Ann sounds like "IAN"

New England

non-rhoticity
dropping the "R" in words that end in R

"Car" sounds like "CaH"

South

monopthongiztion of ai to A
"dime" sounds like "daim"
pin/penmerger
"e" in pen sounds like "I" in pin
use of ya'll
instead of "you" when addressing a group.

west

California vowel shift
"cot/caught merger"

Subtopic

"king" sounds like "keeng"