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How 'Valley Girl' Talk Changed The Way America Speaks | California Explained
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8:05Now PlayingLinguists told the California Post that California does have an accent and it helped shape the way much of the country speaks today.
And for decades, pop culture from "Valley Girl" to "The Californians" on "Saturday Night Live" has had a very specific idea of how Californians sound.
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