[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Texan! was Problems of translation (was Editing literature to conform to current custom)

[Katze]

alyeskakc wrote:
> 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

They also say "fixin to" and "might could" in the deep south. My husband's 
family is from Alabama, and they use it all the time. Now - as for those being 
used in NM. I don't remember this growing up in ABQ - I didn't use them, but 
that doesn't mean they didn't exist. Heck - mom would say ya'll and warsh - I 
guess that what one gets when growing up in the south and the north?

Now I'm in Houston, and I've added "reckon" and "ya'll" to my vocabulary, but I 
still have yet to add the double modal. I'm not sure I'll ever pick up on the 
Texan accent. I've been here 6 years and I still don't have it down.

Katze