The California Dialect

It's amazing to me how influential the media can be! We buy the things we do partly because of the media. We try to dress like the people we see on T.V. We even adapt our language based on what we hear in the media! However, I don't think that this influential power is solely limited to the media. I believe that friends and family have a tremendous effect on how we speak. I have been living with my grandparents for about three years now and I am realizing that I have adopted some of my grandma's old fashioned phrases as my own! You'll often find that friends often speak alike and act alike. I agree with everyone else that the California dialect has had a profound effect on our speech. I am not sure if this dialect would have spread very far if it weren't for the media. There are so many shows out there that glamorize California and everything about it. We want so much to be accepted that we'll do pretty much anything to adapt.