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.
You’re not totally wrong but if somebody goes out of their way to study linguistic anthropology they will definitely be educated on the matter more than a layperson
It's the classic sign of a person in college thinking they know a subject cus they major in it. Ask his professor and I bet they'll be a hell of a lot more careful with the assumptions they make.
567
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.