It's crazy how accurate this is. This is really how everyone speaks in So Cal. There's a lot of slang for these words too but it's all accurate pronunciation
When it rains and the sun is shining, it's called a "Sun shower" We call the soft drinks a "pop", gym shoes, we say "runners" I hope you can still read this after five years of your posting this video. I'm a Toronto native and I must say you sound like a North Torontonian. Very crisp, and clear. We're often told that Southern Ontarians i.e. Torontonians tend to have a Central California accent. I must agree after listening to them speak. It is often said that if you walk in a roomful of Californians and Torontonians, you would not be able to tell the difference in their speech. Nowadays, the young folk here tend to speak in "The Valley" kind of way. Also, the "out and about" thing. It depends where in Canada you go. There are subtle accents all across the country. It seems that Canadian folks with a Scottish background will pronounce the word "out" to sound more like "eout" and "about "abeout" But make no mistake, no one says those words like "oot" and "aboot" LOL! As for myself, I don't mind opening up my vowels, and I don't say "eh". When I visit the states, the people there have often asked me if I'm from Chicago. Go figure. Take Care Heather and good work. You're a wonderful teacher.
Vancouver all my life. I was surprised she nailed almost every word exactly as I speak them. Except for "house", the classic Canadian shibboleth-word. Yes, sunshower. It's so uncommon, and somebody has to tell you what it is when it happens.
Oh, Surely, it's fabulous!!! Thanks for playing! Your video is so great because you're a perfect example of a native speaker who has made pretty significant changes to your normal speech so that you can be better understand internationally. We all have to do our part!
A couple things that Californians tend to do is leave both sounds within words out, and leave words out in sentences, especially the first and last words. It's a kind of shorhand that foregoes formality. Another thing is to run words together, and soften hard consonants in the process. An example is "sorda". A good TV show that demonstrates Californian English is the old "Leave it to Beaver" sitcom.
Hi Heather, great video, as a hispanic-american living in the states for a couple of decades this is still very helpful. thanks!! BTW the answer in 7:00 is rainbow.
i hope i can make one. im not sure what my accent is because i think its a mix of several accents. i would like to have a global english or neutral accent.
:) I'm not really sure what that other meaning you're referring to, but Cambridge has two other meanings. The first is an adjective (humorous - of a person) means short and round. The second is a sweet dish made with thick pastry spread with jam, which is rolled up and cooked jam roly-poly So, what do you think?
Woohoo!! Can't wait to see your Accent Tag video! Please post it as a reply here so I'm sure to see it. And, yes, there is nothing sexier than an Italian accent!!! (Don't tell my Danish husband... hahahah!)
7:58 . Sunshower . You have to have someone who knows what that is, and you'll never hear it if it doesn't happen at the time. The phenomenon is so uncommon, and prob. so very uncommon in SoCal that it would be impossible to even find someone who even knows it has a name. In my case I pointed it out one day, and my mother said, "That's called a sunshower."
I live in CA and I just noticed that (pretty consistently) if there is a T on the end of a word, we pronounce it like a D. For example, "consistently" sounds more like "consistendly" and "accent" sounds like "accendt"
Hi Heather, I finally managed to post my video response here. Hope some of your followers enjoy my two-penneth on this. Yes Yes, I know I've pronounced CarMEL wrongly, but SUREly you can forgive me for that? I'm off for my dinner now - no mayonnaise or syrup today, but some yummy carAmel tarts for dessert!! ;-)
Heather - You know how much I love this video. You are Ah. May. Zing! (Now that is American English Idiom.) My ezine video was about you this week. I also posted it here as a video response and I hope it will appear shortly. xo
I've been told that Canadians pronounce things clearer and broader, so that's probably what that's about. I do feel that they do (I lived much of my life in Toronto) based on my experiences going "down south", but as a non-native speaker I can't be sure if that's actually a thing.
Hi Heather, what do you mean by "in 2 months it'll be 11 years since you've lived in Cali"? I guess it shoulda be "it will be 11 years in 2 months since you have NOT lived in Cali for have left"? Does that make any sense? it has confused me for 23 min...
Hi !! tanks for your video !! even if that's not for foreign' people I love listen your different accent and try to repeat after you to try to learn accent because I found French' students can not speak English and that's bad because I found that's one of the most important in an other language. sorry for my bad English ;) :p I hope you can understand what I want to say x) :p
I’m a little surprised at how you pronounce mayonnaise because I’m from California and say it differently. I say it as 3 syllables whereas sounds like you say it in two. Mah nays vs ma yo nays
Yep, I do 2 syllables. I’ve heard people use 3 though! I don’t think anyone in my family says it that way. I can’t remember. There’s so much variation, even across communities!
I noticed you said "cran" for "crayon" (my fiancee says it that way too). I say "cray-on". SoCal native Others: "puh-kahn", "bolth", "man-ayz" (yours is more of an "-uhz")
Mario!! I can see that you did a video reply, but then removed it!! Why??? It's okay if it isn't perfect! That's the point! I'm happy to give you some tips to improve. Take this as a chance to get better (and get free coaching!). We need to educate the world about how Italians sound when they speak English. You're not the only one who has trouble, believe me!
She's NorCal Central Valley all the way. I could tell this immediately before she said it. Not SoCal. Not Bay Area. Now I live in Bay Area and someone from another state said "You're not from the Bay Area are you?"
Hi Heather, I recorded a video to you. Search over you tube a video called "A message to Heather Hansen". I hope you like it!! Plus, I love your videos!! I am a self taught English person!!! :)
there's something sexy about a woman with a nice voice who uses proper grammar. it's sad that this vid only has 10k views, while celebrity news bs gets millions x.x good job heather, excelsior....
OMG. She is an angel, so cute, so smart, at the same time. i never seen so pretty smile. I 'd like learn english pronunciation.. que linda es heather, tiene un encanto especial
I'm in/from Modesto and I say either 'clicker' or 'remote', depending on who I'm talking to. If I had to guess I'd say you sound a tad Canadian, but definitely not from this central valley of California. Nobody here enunciates like you do. Nobody.
I grew up in Orange County... In Cali, middle "T" usually sounds like "D"
"Theater" in Cali is "Theader"
"Spitting Image" in Cali is "Spidding Image"
I agree like water is wader
That's true for all American English, actually, whereas British English makes the hard T sound in the middle.
The T in orange county is actually silent
"Cali..."
Whut?
@@RealMesaMike Cali = California
It's crazy how accurate this is. This is really how everyone speaks in So Cal. There's a lot of slang for these words too but it's all accurate pronunciation
Thanks! The most "professional" Accent tag on YT.
When it rains and the sun is shining, it's called a "Sun shower" We call the soft drinks a "pop", gym shoes, we say "runners" I hope you can still read this after five years of your posting this video. I'm a Toronto native and I must say you sound like a North Torontonian. Very crisp, and clear. We're often told that Southern Ontarians i.e. Torontonians tend to have a Central California accent. I must agree after listening to them speak. It is often said that if you walk in a roomful of Californians and Torontonians, you would not be able to tell the difference in their speech. Nowadays, the young folk here tend to speak in "The Valley" kind of way. Also, the "out and about" thing. It depends where in Canada you go. There are subtle accents all across the country. It seems that Canadian folks with a Scottish background will pronounce the word "out" to sound more like "eout" and "about "abeout" But make no mistake, no one says those words like "oot" and "aboot" LOL! As for myself, I don't mind opening up my vowels, and I don't say "eh". When I visit the states, the people there have often asked me if I'm from Chicago. Go figure. Take Care Heather and good work. You're a wonderful teacher.
Vancouver all my life. I was surprised she nailed almost every word exactly as I speak them. Except for "house", the classic Canadian shibboleth-word.
Yes, sunshower. It's so uncommon, and somebody has to tell you what it is when it happens.
Oh, Surely, it's fabulous!!! Thanks for playing! Your video is so great because you're a perfect example of a native speaker who has made pretty significant changes to your normal speech so that you can be better understand internationally. We all have to do our part!
A couple things that Californians tend to do is leave both sounds within words out, and leave words out in sentences, especially the first and last words. It's a kind of shorhand that foregoes formality. Another thing is to run words together, and soften hard consonants in the process. An example is "sorda". A good TV show that demonstrates Californian English is the old "Leave it to Beaver" sitcom.
Kern County...same for almost everything. Most obvious exception is that I drop my g's.
Hi Heather, great video, as a hispanic-american living in the states for a couple of decades this is still very helpful. thanks!!
BTW the answer in 7:00 is rainbow.
I'm kind of surprised that you say that because most people when they're asked that question say that it's the devil beating his wife
i hope i can make one. im not sure what my accent is because i think its a mix of several accents. i would like to have a global english or neutral accent.
Same here! General American, Baltimore, Boston and Michigan accents.
:) I'm not really sure what that other meaning you're referring to, but Cambridge has two other meanings. The first is an adjective (humorous - of a person) means short and round. The second is
a sweet dish made with thick pastry spread with jam, which is rolled up and cooked
jam roly-poly
So, what do you think?
Datum (sing), Data (plural). Although it is a great thing you have come up with your own interpretation and value for such phones.
Hi Mario. I totally get it. No worries! Looking forward to seeing it when you're ready. :-)
Woohoo!! Can't wait to see your Accent Tag video! Please post it as a reply here so I'm sure to see it. And, yes, there is nothing sexier than an Italian accent!!! (Don't tell my Danish husband... hahahah!)
This was the only video I've seen so far that actually made me understand my Northern California accent! 😂👏🏽
Thank you from… Japan
My Heart and My Soul is in California ❤
"Spitting image" was originally "spit and image". It was misused so much, the dictionary was finally changed.
Good observation.
LOL! Thanks for sharing! I've never heard of either of those definitions!! :-)
Daniel, I can't find it! Can you post it as a reply to this video, please?
Actually, General American is also having the cot-caught merger.
7:58 . Sunshower . You have to have someone who knows what that is, and you'll never hear it if it doesn't happen at the time. The phenomenon is so uncommon, and prob. so very uncommon in SoCal that it would be impossible to even find someone who even knows it has a name.
In my case I pointed it out one day, and my mother said, "That's called a sunshower."
Roly-poly also has another meaning.
I love it
I live in CA and I just noticed that (pretty consistently) if there is a T on the end of a word, we pronounce it like a D. For example, "consistently" sounds more like "consistendly" and "accent" sounds like "accendt"
I've been saying mayonnaise wrong for years..like "may-yo-nays", though I know I say it wrong, it's still a hard word to me
I say it that way too, were californians so we say it the way we say it, it aint wrong for us.
I live in Southern California and definitely say that way. I also tend to pronounce words the way they look unless I know there are silent letters.
awesome!
Hi Heather, I finally managed to post my video response here. Hope some of your followers enjoy my two-penneth on this. Yes Yes, I know I've pronounced CarMEL wrongly, but SUREly you can forgive me for that? I'm off for my dinner now - no mayonnaise or syrup today, but some yummy carAmel tarts for dessert!! ;-)
Heather - You know how much I love this video. You are Ah. May. Zing! (Now that is American English Idiom.) My ezine video was about you this week. I also posted it here as a video response and I hope it will appear shortly. xo
Hi Heather. I have lived in So Cal almost my entire life, and I have yet heard of anyone saying "caramel" like the Californian way you pronounced.
I'm from norcal.
+Heather Hansen (Pronunciation Mastery) I'm from NorCal and I say caramel like carmel too
I've been told that Canadians pronounce things clearer and broader, so that's probably what that's about. I do feel that they do (I lived much of my life in Toronto) based on my experiences going "down south", but as a non-native speaker I can't be sure if that's actually a thing.
I'm from Southern California. We always called that bug a "pill bug". Roly poly is a southern term.
Really? I've always known it as a roly poly and never heard pill bug and I'm not from the south
Hello Heather, what about the word "either"? I heard different ways of its pronunciation. Best regards =)
Eee - thrrr
@@andyterbov Cali tends to use eee-there -- the South tends to use eye-there
Try this one also 👇
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Hi Heather, what do you mean by "in 2 months it'll be 11 years since you've lived in Cali"? I guess it shoulda be "it will be 11 years in 2 months since you have NOT lived in Cali for have left"? Does that make any sense? it has confused me for 23 min...
Hi Heather, how would you distinguish global English from British English?
Hi !! tanks for your video !! even if that's not for foreign' people I love listen your different accent and try to repeat after you to try to learn accent because I found French' students can not speak English and that's bad because I found that's one of the most important in an other language.
sorry for my bad English ;) :p I hope you can understand what I want to say x) :p
Hi Heather, I have just posted my response video here. Loves
Uh-oh... Do I want to know that other meaning? ;-)
I’m a little surprised at how you pronounce mayonnaise because I’m from California and say it differently. I say it as 3 syllables whereas sounds like you say it in two. Mah nays vs ma yo nays
Yep, I do 2 syllables. I’ve heard people use 3 though! I don’t think anyone in my family says it that way. I can’t remember. There’s so much variation, even across communities!
I noticed you said "cran" for "crayon" (my fiancee says it that way too). I say "cray-on". SoCal native
Others: "puh-kahn", "bolth", "man-ayz" (yours is more of an "-uhz")
Hey, Heather. Don't you want to hear from people around south America? Lol
Mario!! I can see that you did a video reply, but then removed it!! Why??? It's okay if it isn't perfect! That's the point! I'm happy to give you some tips to improve. Take this as a chance to get better (and get free coaching!). We need to educate the world about how Italians sound when they speak English. You're not the only one who has trouble, believe me!
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She's NorCal Central Valley all the way. I could tell this immediately before she said it. Not SoCal. Not Bay Area. Now I live in Bay Area and someone from another state said "You're not from the Bay Area are you?"
How did you know she was from NorCal right away?
Hi Heather, I recorded a video to you. Search over you tube a video called "A message to Heather Hansen". I hope you like it!! Plus, I love your videos!! I am a self taught English person!!! :)
there's something sexy about a woman with a nice voice who uses proper grammar. it's sad that this vid only has 10k views, while celebrity news bs gets millions x.x
good job heather, excelsior....
OMG. She is an angel, so cute, so smart, at the same time. i never seen so pretty smile. I 'd like learn english pronunciation.. que linda es heather, tiene un encanto especial
I pronounce aunt with a lot more nasality
like "ent" ?
TheWhiteOne sorta
Ant is an insect
... and Awnt is pretentious...
@@RealMesaMike why isn't it spelled ant then??
Why American people speak faster?????? Bid
I'm in/from Modesto and I say either 'clicker' or 'remote', depending on who I'm talking to. If I had to guess I'd say you sound a tad Canadian, but definitely not from this central valley of California. Nobody here enunciates like you do. Nobody.
Hi, would you like to skype with me pretty please? I would love to know your opinion about my accent
so basically this is a debate between british english and american english, british being always correct of course...