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[alyeskakc]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amanda Geist" <editor at t...> wrote:

> Texan "accents" these days tend to fall more into word usage, not 
>diction. Texans use words like "fixin to," "y'all," the double modal 
>(might should),etc. These usages, I think I read, are on the 
>increase. Tremble.


I always thought Texans had more of a hard drawl than a true Southern 
accent. Especially those from West Texas and the DFW area. I don't 
notice it in folks from the Houston area. 

My dad, who is from Mississippi, says there is no such thing as a 
accent, it's a Southern drawl. Each state is different, some states 
have a hard drawl and other a soft drawl. It can also depend on what 
part of the state you're from as well. 

As for saying "fixin to" and "y'all", Texans aren't the only ones who 
say that. We even say that here in New Mexico.

Kristin