Publisher of “Talk Like a Californian: A Hella Fresh Guide to Golden State Speak”
Publisher of “Talk Like a Californian: A Hella Fresh Guide to Golden State Speak”
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Colleen Dunn Bates
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FROM Colleen Dunn Bates
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Hella fresh, The 405: How to speak like a real Californian From slang to quirky pronunciations of names, we Californians have a “hella” unique way of saying things that sounds foreign to most transplants. Prospect Park Books in Altadena has published “Talk Like a Californian: A Hella Fresh Guide to Golden State Speak.”
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