The California Accent | Valley Girl Talk to Surfer Slang

In this video you will learn all the ways we speak in my home state of California. You will learn various ways to achieve the stereotypical valley girl accent, made famous by Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, and new vocabulary words used by chill Californian surfers.

I will also provide a brief history about how our accent developed and teach you how our accent compares to the rest of the US and the UK.

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The Californian Accent:

Valley Girl Talk
Creaky Voice/Vocal Fry
Upspeak
6 Pronunciations of 'T'
Rhotic R

California Vocabulary:
1. Awesome
2. Totally
3. Dude
4. Sick
5. Hella/hecka
6. Like


Geography + Abbreviations:
1. LA (Los Angeles)
2. SD (San Diego)
3. OC (Orange County)
4. SB(Santa Barbara)
5. SLO (San Luis Obispo)
6. SF (San Francisco)
7. norcal + socal
8. Yosemite (pronunciation)


Sources:
"The Californians" skit from Saturday Night Live:
   • The Californians: Stuart Has Cancer ...  

Using "like" as a filler word: Clueless RSVP Video
   • Clueless | "whatever" (RSVP Speech ) ...  

Dude + Totally from Finding Nemo:
   • SQUIRT  Finding Nemo ...Totally...  

US Map:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...