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

[Betty Landers]

Oh, we say it in North Carolina, too.  Speaking of Texas accents or lack thereof, I have noticed some are distinctive, but others I have trouble differentiating between it and a regular Southern accent.
Bye for now.
Betty.
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Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 7:10 PM
Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Texan! was Problems of translation (was Editing literature to conform to current custom)


> --- 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
> 
> 
> 
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