List of list (of string) values ​​within a parameter

simple question: how to pass directly values ​​inside a parameter of some function, for example:

MyFunction(byval myvariable as List(Of String))
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Now I want to pass something like this (it doesn't work):

MyFunction(New List(Of String) { "somevalue1", "somevalue2", "somevalue3" })