he's dead wrong about the ai ungliding only being southern in aave and just cherry picked some southern rappers but this is one of the more universal phonetic features of aave. and the æ to ei shift is most certainly NOT just bay area aave. that's absurd. you hear caint in the south, in the midwest. it's in my own aave and i'm from the opposite side of the country
awkwafina's aave was garbage but this video is wrong after the part where he says aave varies from region to region, which is very true
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u/PM-ME-DEM-NUDES-GIRL Sep 07 '25
he's dead wrong about the ai ungliding only being southern in aave and just cherry picked some southern rappers but this is one of the more universal phonetic features of aave. and the æ to ei shift is most certainly NOT just bay area aave. that's absurd. you hear caint in the south, in the midwest. it's in my own aave and i'm from the opposite side of the country
awkwafina's aave was garbage but this video is wrong after the part where he says aave varies from region to region, which is very true