[DallasMike]

The border between east Texas (where the Dixie dialect of Texan is spoken) and north Texas (where the Midwest dialect reigns) is at the junction of I-30E and the I-635 loop in Mesquite, Texas, immediately east of Dallas.

You've got that nailed down. I grew up 5 miles west of that intersection, just a few blocks off I-30, and I thank the Lord that I did. Like it or not, it's a fact that an east Texas accent is considered a liability in the big cities.

[Allegra]

A Yankees-think-we-talk-funny PING.