coi doiCalifornia English, which is fairly close to 'proper' American English as heard on radio or TV, has a stronger tendency to allow unstressed vowels to sink into the schwa than 'proper' American English. The accent found in upstate New York is somewhat closer to 'proper' American pronunciation.
I say this as a native of Los Angeles, currently living in the San Fernando Valley (just north of Los Angeles)
mu'o mi'e bobgrif.PS Would it be worthwhile for those of us in Southern California to get together monthly (or otherwise) to practice (or just plain study) Lojban? I'm out in the Pomona area roughly once per month myself. I believe there are at least a couple jbopre in the Pomona Valley, though there don't seem to be any others in the Los Angeles area.
By the way, I speak californian english which means I may pronounce words differently than other people. I believe that californian is considered the proper American english, however. -- Heath Caldwell hncaldwell@csupomona.edu, GPG-Key-ID: 0x0967843B Web Programmer I&IT Web Development - Cal Poly Pomona