Californian dialect

[venaja]

After watching a documentary on American accents a few days ago, I've developed a heightened awareness of regional linguistic subtleties. Everyone knows that there is "Northern" and "Southern" American English, but it is much more nuanced and localized than that, hence my newest hobby: obliterating all traces of the Californian dialect from my

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[sla_mori]

Well you don't have Finnish accent in your English:D Well I think none of the English dialects sound stupid...

[venaja]

That is a rare opinion, even from someone who is not a native speaker. I think pretty much everyone judges you by how you speak. My personal annoyance with Californian, though, is all my own.

I think the Finnish accent sounds pretty cool, by the way.

[sla_mori]

Why is it rare?

[venaja]

Most people are very open about how they think one accent sounds "superior" to another. If it's not that extreme, they just call it a preference, but few people would say they like all dialects equally.

[sla_mori]

I think different dialects are cute:D I just love every Finnish dialects:D