Northern Cities Vowel Shift

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then, people had to write down what they thought they heard. So, you could do that yourself. What do you hear? RM: "Black". BL: And then, in another series they heard: Computer: "Living on one black". BL: Now what do you hear? RM: "Block". BL: Well, you change your mind. Computer: "Old senior citizens living on one black". BL: This person is saying the word "block" the way they say "black". RM: The shift in this one vowel seems to have a domino effect on the other four vowels, and they ...