Posted on 01/25/2005 7:28:57 AM PST by Arrowhead1952
Then he slipped into a slow Southern drawl to share some typical Texas phrases with the students. <<<
Texans do have a Twang in their speech, but they do not talk a "slow Southern drawl" like those who live in the Carolinas or Georgia.
There is nothing like a Texas Twang. Nothing.
Journalist: Texas twang on the riseExcerpt:Y'all better get ready because the Texas drawl is the future of American English -- at least according to journalist Robert MacNeil, who has spent many years studying and chronicling how Americans talk.
Maybe it's because of country music or migration from north to south, but any way you look at it, the number of people speaking with a Southern dialect -- particularly "Texan" -- is on the rise, MacNeil told about 270 area high school students who gathered at the campus of Advanced Micro Devices on Monday afternoon.
"Talking Southern may ultimately become the most normal way of talking American," he said, recalling a study from the 1990s that found that 76 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds and 41 percent of people older than 65 in the United States used "y'all" on a regular basis. And that was before President Bush took office.
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LOL! Gotta love it! :^DMy wife is Chinese and I met her sister before I met my future wife.
It is so great when I hear Chinese use the word "Ya'll". Glad I taught 'em that. :^D
Don't forget Mexia, Bourne, Bexar, and Montague.
Bourne == Boerne. My bad.
When I lived in Austin (1976-1986), the "correct" pronunciation for Manchaca was "MAN-chack".
Mehayah, Burnee, Bear, Montetgae
I still have to laugh about some people from the northern US asking me where the Pedernails River was located, and I had no idea what they were talking about, until they spelled the name.
Headin' over to my PhotoDeluxe software to fix up a couple of pics.See ya'll later.
Being a Texan I have never understood why the way we speak is called a "twang". Texans take English and short hand it. Quick minds and all that. We can get a point across to each other with a minimum of words, such as, "had enuf?".
This expression covers everything from, "Have you had enough to eat", to, "Should I stop beating you now", to, "This is boring or offensive, let's leave".
Ever been to East Texas?
Mon-te-gay is how my neighbor pronounces Montague. Of course, she is from England.
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Ever been to East Texas?
Yep! And they do talk a bit slower than we do here in the West, but Dang! them Carolina folks talk as slow as molasses flows on a chilly morning, even East Texas gets to the point sooner than later!
Hmmm... you could be right.
But it's South of the river. Who cares?
I should have added that my neighbor from England is trying her hardest to imitate Texans' drawl.
I've reverted to modified Okie since I moved to Oklahoma. I thought I lost that g-dropping thing (goin', fixin' etc) but I was wrong.
Back years ago when I was hanging out in New York, and California a little bit I was kind of embarrassed a little bit about my Texas accent.
Over time I came to appreciate it, and now I am very proud to speak the way I do. No way do I ever try to pronounce my ings or hesitate to use our colorful expressions.
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