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Mrfoe's one of those people that keeps on insisting that Texas is an indisputable member of the South.
Glad to know you and spade care about my opinion. I only post on this site a few times a month. So I'm glad y'all follow my post . Lol get a life outside CD lol.
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Originally Posted by Pyroninja42
Mrfoe's one of those people that keeps on insisting that Texas is an indisputable member of the South.
Well, Texas is part of the south. It was part of Dixie AKA the Confederacy and currently sits in both the southeastern US and the southwestern US (the majority of the southwest btw was claimed by and settled by people from the confederacy).
However; I disagree that it has the strongest presence of a southern accent. Many younger Texans speak very much like most modern Americans do these days due to the media, communications, travel and cultural mixing by transplanting or by transplants.
There is absolutely a presence there but it isn't as strong as Mississippi/Alabama/Tennessee at all.
Texans speak like the south in the same way southern Pennsylvania and Ohio speak like the north. There's a lot of similarities but also a lot of influence from neighboring regions.
Why do you always follow my post?. I posted my opinion and that's that.
Stop being paranoid. If you don't want people to respond to your opinion, a message board isn't for you. Texas has a stronger accent than Alabama? Georgia? Arkansas? South Carolina?
Stop being paranoid. If you don't want people to respond to your opinion, a message board isn't for you. Texas has a stronger accent than Alabama? Georgia? Arkansas? South Carolina?
Actually yes east Texas does have one of the stronger accents along with southeast Louisiana and Mississippi. I would add southern Georgia as well.
Well, Texas is part of the south. It was part of Dixie AKA the Confederacy and currently sits in both the southeastern US and the southwestern US (the majority of the southwest btw was claimed by and settled by people from the confederacy).
However; I disagree that it has the strongest presence of a southern accent. Many younger Texans speak very much like most modern Americans do these days due to the media, communications, travel and cultural mixing by transplanting or by transplants.
There is absolutely a presence there but it isn't as strong as Mississippi/Alabama/Tennessee at all.
Texans speak like the south in the same way southern Pennsylvania and Ohio speak like the north. There's a lot of similarities but also a lot of influence from neighboring regions.
There is no single Texas accent. Folks in East Texas to this day have strong southern accents.
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