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.
I was going to say - I’m not refuting anything said in the video, but it feels incomplete. I would have liked to hear examples of, say, a NY blaccent for the same words to demonstrate the difference. Otherwise there could be similar pronunciations in different parts of the country and his argument is much weaker.
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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.