Dobbins pronunciation corner

You ever notice something and immediately regret noticing it cause now you can’t un-notice it and it drives you crazy?

Maybe 3 weeks ago I noticed Amanda pronounced the word “else” as “eltz” and it’s driving me insane. Just posting into the void to ask if anyone else has noticed this. Is this a white Atlantan thing? All the people I know from Atlanta are black and none say “else” this way.