[Servant of the 9]

There never was a 'Texas' accent.

Fourty years ago I could tell where any Texas native I met came from within 50 miles based on their accent. The accents were so different that, for instance, thse with a 'Brazos Bottom' accent from 50 miles Southwest of Houston and those with a 'Galveston' accent from 75 miles to the Northeast of there found it very difficult to understand each other.

All that is left of Texas accents, or Southern accents, is a tiny whisper of what they once were.

That is why Southerners and Texans almost always laugh at movie accents.

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[Wallace T.]

What the Eastern elites forget is that you do not eliminate a people by suppressing their language. Their British counterparts might remind them that Ireland gained her independence after the native Gaelic was virtually extinct, after centuries of settling Englishmen, Welshmen, and Scotsmen on the island, and after a system of state education was set up extolling English culture and history and ignoring Irish culture and history.

Even a South where most folks sound like Kansans or Indianans may still be filled with Southerners.

[DallasMike]

That is why Southerners and Texans almost always laugh at movie accents.

No kidding! When Meryl Streep was all the rage because of her ability to "capture accents," I was gagging. Her southern and Texas accents sounded like nothing I had ever heard.

Then there are phony Texans, like Ann Richards, who think that her exaggerated Texas accent plays well amongst the rural folk. In fact, her phoniness is one reason that she's out of a job.

[stands2reason]

That is why Southerners and Texans almost always laugh at movie accents.

They are getting better though. It used to be so bad---I'd cringe when a "Texas Awl Man" came out talkin' like he just came off a Georgia plantation. ("Now look heah")