Date:    Fri, 26 Jun 1998 11:43:06 EDT
<br>From:    Allyn Partin <Allynherna[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>
<br>Subject: California
<br>
<br>I've been collecting information on Los Angeles, Orange and Santa Barbara
<br>counties.  Here are some observations and questions (probably nothing new):
<br>--Does anybody hear "een" in place of "ing" in sentences like: I'm thinkEEN of
<br>goEEN campEEN. ?  I know that this isn't something new, but I'm curious to
<br>hear how common it is outside of the So. Cal. area.  I've heard it from
<br>elementary school children-people in their mid-fifties.  What is being heard
<br>in other parts of the country?
<br>RE:Chain Shifting
<br>--Also, how about words like gardEN & couldEN't with a full short e?
<br>--I'm finding retracted short a's except before an M or N.
<br>--The short a's before N & M, of course, are raising.
<br>--The short e's are falling into the area formerly occupied by the short a.
<br>--There's a very interesting lengthening "crackle" that VALLEY girls and
<br>SURFER guys put on the stressed vowels of important words and also on some
<br>word-final r's and l's.
<br>Etc.
<br>Thank you,
<br>Allyn
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