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To: basil

Texas accent....that’s something I’ve always had trouble with. No disrepect, I have scads of deep south Georgia relatives that have accents that would shame the posers in Driving Miss Daisy, but I’m clueless on the Texas differences...Can you elaborate? Thanks.


23 posted on 03/09/2012 2:30:43 PM PST by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

Gosh—it’s hard to put in writing the way we tawk!

We certainly use the pronoun “Y’ALL” (pronounced YAWL)—a lot. Many times, we drop the last letter in a word—we say “puddin” instead of pudding or “nuthin” for nothing, for instance.

Of course, there are regional accents within the state. My accent is mostly southeast-or Piney Woods Texan.

Maybe some other Texan will chime in here to add somethin’....LOL!


31 posted on 03/09/2012 2:51:25 PM PST by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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