Thicknesse: Question on Pronunciation - All and Oil in Texas

Paige medicpaige at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 4 02:04:14 UTC 2007


I am also a Texan, and I loath the 'southern' method of speaking. I
say 'oil' and I have to put out there that if you are going to visit
Dallas, Austin, Houston, San Antonio or any other major city in Texas,
you will be unlikely to encounter anyone who speaks in this manner. We
do say 'y'all' quite a bit in familiar settings, but thats about it.
If you travel to the small towns, only then will you find that more
than half of the population use 'All' for 'oil' and so on.

Paige




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