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Position:Home>Arts & Humanities> Has anyone noticed the pronunciation of Los Angeles and Fresno has changed fromQuestion: Has anyone noticed the pronunciation of Los Angeles and Fresno has changed from TV soaps in the '50's?Used to be angeles hard g as in good, 5 days ago Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 5 days ago To "the phrase that pays" I asked about Fresno on Yahoo answers as I thought it used to be called Freeno. Someone mentioned Los Angeles - then I remembered detective movies. this was part of the answer I got: " Along the lines you're talking about, the most remarkable one to me is the shift from Los Angeles with a hard G to a J sound. I haven't heard the first pronunciation (except in old movies) for decades. " |