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AOII Angel, I *think* it's based on the lexicon of each region and also on some phonetic variations in pronunciation. I make fun of you because I can't understand what you say when you start talking Louisiana. And you guys make fun of me for "you guys". In grad school I had to learn how to say "cot" and "caught", "ant" and "aunt", etc. There were some diphthongs and a few vowels missing from my phonological inventory (or is it my phonemic inventory? I forget). No one in California had trouble understanding what I was saying.
Or maybe it's like the Facebook giraffe and it can pry into your life and know everything just based on how you say "pecan".
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