What letter do Californians not say?

There's this trend going around that Californians don't pronounce the letter T in their words. So if you're from California do write this. I'm going to put some words on the screen, I want to hear how you pronounce them.
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What words do Californians say weird?

from the Golden State will understand.
  • "There's a Sigalert for the carpool lane on the 5 south."
  • "It takes 20 minutes, depending on traffic."
  • "June Gloom."
  • "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."
  • "I'm stoked."
  • "Hella."
  • "The industry."
  • "This burger is bomb."
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Do you pronounce the r in California?

Many Californians clearly produce the “r” sound, which is not true of some other parts of the United States. For example, the word “really” stresses the “r” a lot, so it sounds like “rrrreally.”
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Do Californians say dude?

Californian surfers refer to everyone as “dudes” (female and male) and think anything great is “epic”.
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What accent do Californians have?

California English (or Californian English) collectively refers to varieties of American English native to California. A distinctive vowel shift was only first noted by linguists in the 1980s in southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area of northern California.
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Do NOT say the T in these 11 Common Words | It's not just Californians!



What is Cali slang for?

marijuana from California. See more words with the same meaning: marijuana.
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Do Californians say hella?

"Hella" is a term that gained popularity in the '90s and is used in Northern California, specifically the Bay Area. It is not commonly used down south. "Hella" essentially means "very" "really" or "super." Example: "That's hella cool!"
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How do you say hello in LA?

How to say "hello"
  1. ¡Hola! Hi!
  2. Buenos días. Good morning.
  3. Buenas tardes. Good afternoon.
  4. Buenas noches. Good evening.
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Do Californians say rad?

“Rad” was used more frequently by Californians a few years ago, but you may still hear it today. This is used as an adjective to describe something that is cool. Northern Californians often say “hella rad”, meaning very cool.
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How do Californians say cool?

The California slang word bomb takes things all thy way back to the 90s when the word first became popular in a modern sense (yes, it was used in the '60s and held a different meaning). If something's bomb it just means it's excellent or really cool.
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Do locals say Cali?

Yes, most people from California never say "Cali". Definitely a myth. Lots of people born in Cali say Cali.
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Why do Americans pronounce ts like DS?

The determination of the sound is usually in rhythm. Different English dialects have different rhythms for words, which causes letters to get assimilated, softened, and dropped. If you pronounce the t as t instead of d in a word like butter, the rhythm will be out of sync with American pronunciations.
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Is a Californian accent attractive?

The sexiest -- and least sexy -- accents in the United States have been ranked, and 'Californian' cracked the top 10. In a survey run by travel company Big 7 across its 1.5 million social media followers, the California accent was ranked the tenth sexiest in the country.
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Who says Hecka?

“Hella/Hecka”

Northern Californians use these words in place of “really” or “very.” For example, “He is hella mad” or “That is hecka cool.” Southern Californians despise this word and often make fun of Northern Californians for saying it!
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What is La slang?

La is an old word which is defined as "Oh look!" An example of la used as an interjection is in the sentence, "La! What a beautiful bird!" which means "Oh look!
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Is stoked a California word?

To be stoked is to be especially excited for something. “I'm stoked for Tara's birthday party tomorrow,” or “I'm stoked for vacation.” This slang term originated in '60s surfer culture, as popularized by the surfing documentary The Endless Summer (1966).
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Do Californians call it Socal?

Everyone outside of California calls it Cali. No one from California calls it Cali. Also people who call San Francisco "frisco" or "San Fran" are really annoying. usually just socal and norcal as what people have been saying.
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What are California's nicknames?

"The Golden State" is not the only nickname that has been associated with California. Over the years, California has been referred as "The Land of Milk and Honey" and "The El Dorado State" and "The Grape State." These nicknames served at various times to promote business and tourism for the state of California.
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What is a California girl like?

California girls are multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, beautiful, and for the most part open-minded. Since most Californians are pretty liberal, they're pretty chill about almost everything.
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Are Californians friendly?

California is one of the rudest states in America, according to a new ranking. The Golden state ranked at 40th on the Big Seven Travel list of friendliest states in America. "Californians like to think of themselves as friendly, but our readers disagree.
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What is a California Valley Girl accent?

Valspeak or Valley Speak is a social class dialect (or sociolect) said to have originated among materialistic young upper-class white women in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley during the 1970s.
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Do people say Nor Cal?

Or is there? When referring to Northern California in abbreviated form (which, I'll remind you, we Southern Californians rarely do), we use “NoCal” instead of NorCal because it's more derogatory.
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