The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #4741   Message #27332
Posted By: Joe Offer
05-May-98 - 04:32 AM
Thread Name: American Cultural oddities
Subject: RE: American Cultural oddities
Well, that "na-na na na NA na" seems to come out "neener-neener-neener" (same melody) here in California. Prosecuting Attorney Marcia Clark even said it during the Simpson trial. Being a Midwesterner, it really bugs me that my kids grew up talking like their mother, a Californian.
People in California think they don't have accents, but they live in something they call a "haiouse." How they can use all five vowels in the pronunciation of a one-syllable word, I'll never know.
-Joe Offer-