[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.

[Servant of the 9]

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.

And Molly Ivins. Molly works hard, if not well, at sounding Staked Plains Rural when she is in fact from Houston, went to Prep School and had virtually no accent when she left for college.

So9