Teaching With a Kentucky Accent

[Fritz Juengling]

Out of curiosity, how were Oregonians stereotyped?  I didn't know anyone back
East ever even thought of Oregon.
Fritz



> Those vowel shifts seemed to be related to East Coast
> city shifts, or West Coast bumpkin shifts (in the class's estimation at the
> time, that included "ValleySpeak", surfers, counter-culture Gen X
> skateboarders, and other such stereotyped sub-groupings of Californians and
> Oregonians.
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