Texas Accent (Houston, Anthony: living, best, golf)

[BstYet2Be]

Originally Posted by tstone

Ok I haven't ever heard or used tump but I've definitely heard those sayings.

LoL... I have to admit, I've heard of "tumped it over", too.

[carolmcb]

Originally Posted by new2sa

I have another one:

"It's a wonder"

as in: "It's a wonder he didn't cut his finger clean off!"

Hmmm... maybe that's two with "clean off"

Oh well, let's go for three: "He was running around like a chicken with his head cut off!"

Now, I personally have never seen a chicken with its' head cut off, but I'm guessing they must run around.

While I never have or ever will use the word "tumped", I have used all three of the above phrases in my conversation since I was small. My parents used them and my grandparents used them. I guess that I will continue to use them, especially my favorite "He was running around like a chicken with his head cut off."

[case44]

Originally Posted by carolmcb

While I never have or ever will use the word "tumped", I have used all three of the above phrases in my conversation since I was small. My parents used them and my grandparents used them. I guess that I will continue to use them, especially my favorite "He was running around like a chicken with his head cut off."

I reckon.

[Darlynn0217]

No one here has ever heard of "Fair to Midland". I heard that all the time when I lived in TX. And even said it, myself. I guess here, I would hafta say "Purt near fair to Kansas City"?!?!?

[love roses]

I've heard "fair to middlin' "

[suthenah]

I grew up in the hills of East Tennessee and moved to Boise, Idaho when I was 21. When I went on job interviews, the person on the other side of the desk always smiled at me like they were just "humoring" me. They probably weren't listening to what I said - just how I said it. Eleven years later, I moved to Seattle, Washington. By southern standards, most of the accent was gone, but they sure noticed it.

I found there was a mix of opinions as to whether it was considered "uneducated", totally weird, or just plain cute. I actually got a kick out of capitalizing on it - men really like a southern accent on women, especially if they can tell from your grammar and diction that you are not stupid.

[blueskies49]

My husband, who's from Forney, a little town east of Dallas, was getting his hair cut in Arlington a few months ago and a preteen boy asked him if he was from the country. When hubby said yes, the boy said, "I knew it!" lol! As a kid growing up and vacationing with his yankee cousins, they would sometimes make fun of his accent but he never cared. It didn't bother him.

When my daughter was 10 (she grew up in Arlington and Grand Prairie) she spent the summer with relatives in California and she said her cousins would make fun whenever she said "y'all".

[TexasReb]

As continued from a more recent thread, here is a great article about Texas speech:

Talking Texan: Y'alls, Drawls, and Monophthongs by Debbie Nathan - The Texas Observer

The topic had sorta wandered off in the earlier one, but is/was such a good one, I figured why not continue it here?

[Jezer]

Originally Posted by JVTX72

Everyone knows us Texans don't have an "accent"! Its everyone else that tawks funny!

You must be right. That explains why some Brits while in TX ordering up a meal and asking for water were given vodka!

They obviously couldn't say watr!

[Darlynn0217]

My 6 yr old granddaughter has the biggest drawl going in the state of TX!! She is sooooo cute. Last summer, her and her brother were going to have a swimming race. She shouted "C'mon, Bubba!! It's on!" Said, reallllleeee sloooow, Pronounced, Cummoan, Buhba! It's oown!

Hmmm, I halped teacher to tawk!!!