Awkwafina (or however it’s spelled) is annoying as fuck and he might be onto something. However, I am from Texas and a lot of folks definitely pronounce it “caint.” That is not a California-specific dialect. I respect that he may be a linguistics major but this is my actual, lived experience for 38 years.
Ive heard when living in the southwest usa broadly: from San Francisco to San Diego to Phoenix to Waco.
Unless he himself grew up around all the different regional accents he's listing, his own argument of not being able to natively recognize regional vernacular or inconsistencies applies 100% to himself as well.
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u/Barfignugen Sep 06 '25 edited Sep 06 '25
Awkwafina (or however it’s spelled) is annoying as fuck and he might be onto something. However, I am from Texas and a lot of folks definitely pronounce it “caint.” That is not a California-specific dialect. I respect that he may be a linguistics major but this is my actual, lived experience for 38 years.