Why do people say Californ-I-A ?

with the emphasize on the IA part. What does that mean?

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A few days ago

watyadun

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I’m guessing it was named by a Spanish person and that there originally used to be an accent on the “n” which would make it a “ny” sound.

I’m guessing the original spelling was Califoña

After time people have just started spelling it differently but they still saty it the same.

A few days ago

cgflann

I think it is just from a song (The Beach Boys I believe in Surfin’ USA) and has caught on as a catch phrase of sorts.

A few days ago

theonewhoknows

Cause they want to talk like a hick or maybe they are one.

A few days ago

wrcsubers

Same reason people say Tex-a$s…its f’ing hilarious….

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