California English
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California English is the collection of English dialects native to California, traditionally classified under General or Western American English.
Signage at the 110 Freeway interchange in Los Angeles, with the leftmost sign for the 101 freeway north listing both its name, the Hollywood Freeway, as well as its destination, Ventura
Signage at the I-80 interchange in San Francisco, with the leftmost sign for US101 north listing only its destination, the Golden Gate Bridge
Boontling
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Boontling is a jargon or argot based on English, spoken in and around Boonville, California. Boontling was created in the 1890s and spoken most widely just before World War I. It gained attention in t
California English
…to Valleyspeak: a social dialect arising in the 1980s among a particular white youthful demographic in the San Fernando Valley, including Los Angeles. Boontling is a jargon or argot spoken in Boonville, California, with only about 100 speakers today. The popular image of a typical southern California speaker…
A sign indicating Boonville, California.
Plaque celebrating Boontling, with the sentence "Bucky waltered my appoled to a tidricks for bahl chiggul and zeese." ("(I) telephoned my girlfriend to go to a party for good food and coffee.")