Californians speak with an accent, which is probably influenced by immigrants from the Midwest and South. Here is a list of words and how they are pronounced in California:
My husband is 56. I haven’t noticed those things in his dialect really. He comes from a long line of Mormons that migrated across the U.S. extensively. I wonder if some of that dialect has come a bit more recently. My mother was a reading specialist and worked very hard to make sure I was pronouncing words correctly without interjecting dialect, like “yellow” instead of “yella.” I still ended up with a bit of a Midwestern, nasal twang. One of the funniest things I heard was on a kid’s educational program in New Zealand- chair and cheer were homonyms.
You’re going to have to help me out here Fiji.
What is end supposed to rhyme with, if not pinned?
Of course anti sounds like man tie.
Hell, except for Moscow, I pronounce everything as you’ve described.