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gptkb:California_Vowel_Shift
pop culture influence distinct regional accents media influence cot–caught merger 'hella' as intensifier fronted 'goose' vowel uptalk vocal fry influence from Spanish 'awesome' as slang 'bae' as slang for significant other 'bomb' as slang for 'good' 'bounce' as verb 'bounce' as verb for leave 'bounce' as verb for leaving 'bro' as slang 'chill' as slang 'chill' as verb for relax 'crash' as verb for sleeping over 'crew' as slang for group 'cruise' as verb 'dip' as verb for leaving 'dude' as a common noun 'dude' more common in Southern California 'fam' as slang for friends 'fire' as slang for excellent 'flex' as verb for show off 'fresh' as slang 'gnarly' as slang 'grind' as verb for work hard 'grip' as slang for 'a lot' 'grub' as slang for food 'hecka' as variant of 'hella' 'hella' as adjective 'hella' as adverb 'hella' as quantifier 'hella' more common in Northern California 'homie' as slang for friend 'hyphy' as slang 'janky' as slang 'kick it' as verb for hang out 'kickback' as slang for party 'legit' as slang 'lit' as slang for exciting 'mad' as intensifier 'mob' as verb for go somewhere 'no worries' as phrase 'peep' as verb for look 'post up' as verb for hang out 'rad' as slang 'ride' as slang for car 'ride' as verb for driving 'roll' as verb for go somewhere 'sesh' as slang for session 'sick' as slang 'sketchy' as slang 'slaps' as slang for good music 'so' as intensifier 'squad' as slang for group of friends 'stoked' as slang 'super' as intensifier 'swoop' as verb for pick up 'the 101' for highways 'the 405' for highways 'the 5' for highways 'the' before highway numbers 'tight' as slang 'totally' as intensifier 'trippin'' as slang 'turnt' as slang for excited 'vibe' as noun and verb 'whip' as slang for car 'wicked' as slang (less common) influence from Asian languages influence from Bay Area influence from Central Valley influence from Hollywood influence from Los Angeles influence from Mexican Spanish influence from San Diego influence from Silicon Valley influence from immigrant communities influence from surfer culture influence from tech culture non-rhoticity in some speakers use of 'hella' as intensifier use of 'like' as discourse marker youth speech innovation |
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Californian English
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gptkb:Anglic
gptkb:Germanic gptkb:Indo-European gptkb:West_Germanic gptkb:Anglo-Frisian English |
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gptkb:California
gptkb:United_States |
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gptkb:California
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gptkb:Bajacalifornian_Spanish
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