April 09, 2010, 08:10 AM
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Diamond
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Las Vegas, USA
Posts: 7,863
Native Language: Castellano
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Quote:
Originally Posted by poli
Within New York City there are many different accents. Social class plays a big role. A newer national accent has surfaced recently and it is spoken almost exclusively by young women many of whom are college educated, and peculiarly is not apparent in men. It's called valley (apparently the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles gets the blame for it), but it can now be heard from Alaska to Florida with Canada included.
It is spoken loudly nasal and the letter r is extremely prominent, as if trying to be heard on a cell phone with a bad connection.
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Oh yeah! gag me with a spoon, like...
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