Madonna's accent in Give it2me

Kauan   Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:56 pm GMT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQRLSBUNupg

Hi, could someone comment on Madonna's accent in ''Give it 2 me''
1. is she cot/caught merged?
2. does she has NCVS?

I've noticed she pronounces fall and all as [fAl, Al], as in traditional California dialect and/or some NCVS shifted accents.
Brian   Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:23 am GMT
<<2. does she HAVE NCVS?>>

It is quite possible that she could have at least traces of it in her speech. She was born and raised in Michigan.
Skippy   Tue Sep 09, 2008 5:38 pm GMT
Her accent is tough to trace because it seems she is trying to adopt English English, you would have to listen to some of her earlier interviews, but even then she was probably adopting the California accent.