HAT vs. HAND. 🌴
Same letter. Different vowel quality!
In California English, short A often rises before nasal sounds, as in hand, stand, and can.
Small shift, useful accent clue.
Full tutorial in comments.
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@jeffvirkus.bsky.socialHAT vs. HAND. 🌴
Same letter. Different vowel quality!
In California English, short A often rises before nasal sounds, as in hand, stand, and can.
Small shift, useful accent clue.
Full tutorial in comments.
@jeffvirkus.bsky.socialCOT or CAUGHT? đź‘‚
Same vowel? You may have the cot–caught merger, common in California and the American West.
What about Don/Dawn?
Where are you from?
Full tutorial in comments. 🌴
@jeffvirkus.bsky.socialThe California “dude” vowel. 🌴
GOOSE fronting moves the “oo” vowel in words like dude, cool and food forward in the mouth.
Small shift. Big clue for actors.
Full California Accent Tutorial in comments.
@jeffvirkus.bsky.socialThe California accent isn't just Valley Girl, vocal fry and uptalk. 🌴
Cody and I break down the vowels, NorCal vs. SoCal, hella, the 405 and what actually makes California English sound Californian.
Full video → link in comments.
#CaliforniaAccent #ActingTips
