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On vacation in Texas a few years ago, around Dallas and Austin particularly, I noticed that people spoke like they were from east Tennessee or western North Carolina.
On the map, it is clearly noted that in areas of Texas, far west of Dallas-Forth Worth, that the southern accent extends. It nearly extends to Fort Stockton.
On the map, it is clearly noted that in areas of Texas, far west of Dallas-Forth Worth, that the southern accent extends. It nearly extends to Fort Stockton.
Here is the map of Southern Speech that I constructed. It is based on my travels all across the south, as well as my trips to every state within the U.S.
I've seen a lot of maps before, and I've felt that they do not do justice to the realities of the south.
On vacation in Texas a few years ago, around Dallas and Austin particularly, I noticed that people spoke like they were from east Tennessee or western North Carolina.
Ditto in agreeing with both of y'all.
I can't remember for sure the name of the "book", but it was written by a guy named Terry Jordan...and seems like it was "Cultural Geography Of Texas"
Regardless, in the Texas "speech patterns" section, it was noted something along the lines of (paraphrased)..."Most native Texans would be right at home linguistically with people in east Tennessee..."
I always here you all not Y'ALL.Fixing not FIXIN" or Reckon. Mainly do you think?
Their maybe be to posters poorly talking trash about Indianapolis but their are two posters that are GREATLY defending Indianapolis!
Make that three posters, gdude.
In the three years I've lived there, I've NEVER heard anyone say "yall", "fixin", "Coke" for pop, or "reckon". I mean, come on.
People from Indy don't speak with traditionally Southern accents, and never did historically. In fact, linguists always place the city in the North Midland dialect region, which is the closest thing to "standard English".
So either there's a second Indianapolis in Mississippi, or these people have somehow come across someone with a Southern sounding accent (and who could be from the South for all they know), and somehow managed to extrapolate that to the whole city.
In the three years I've lived there, I've NEVER heard anyone say "yall", "fixin", "Coke" for pop, or "reckon". I mean, come on.
People from Indy don't speak with traditionally Southern accents, and never did historically. In fact, linguists always place the city in the North Midland dialect region, which is the closest thing to "standard English".
So either there's a second Indianapolis in Mississippi, or these people have somehow come across someone with a Southern sounding accent (and who could be from the South for all they know), and somehow managed to extrapolate that to the whole city.
Two is fine but three is a crowd..lol
I agree their must be a Indianapolis,Mississippi that I dont know about.
Great map man. Cant really talk about any other place than the place i live in, Which is the bright green parts of FL. You rarely even hear a mild southern accent in those areas. Its mainly a regular american accent like in CA or something. You will only hear southern accents in that colored area if you go out to a small town away from civilization, which only makes up a small precent of the population, the Tampa/ Orlando metros along with all the beach towns on the coast speak with a regular american accent that you'd see in CA or something.
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