My thoughts too. There's quite a difference in some Texan accents.
I was born in El Paso in 1941, though I've lived in CA for the past 50 years, more than a few people still ask me about my 'southern' drawl.
Texan speech gets slower in ranching country and tends to sound more twangy depending on where in Texas you go. The folks in Lubbock talk slower than those in Abiliene, but Abiliene folks aren't near as hard to understand as some I ran into in Corpus Christi!
Funny thing - in Dallas there's a lot of ex-Californians, who always tag me as a local - though I've never been.
Indeed.
I am originally from the Hill Country, but I lived in Houston for several years and still have many relatives in the Hill Country and East Texas. When I moved to this part of the state, I immediately noticed the difference in the local accent. “Texas Drawl” depends greatly on where you are.
I think East Texas is more southern than west Texas drawl.