The Texas Accent (Houston: appointed, to eat, inclusive)

[turf3]

G.W. Bush does not have a distinctively Texan accent.

[lepoisson]

Originally Posted by turf3

G.W. Bush does not have a distinctively Texan accent.

Maybe not to your ears. But to my North Carolina ears, he has an accent that many Texans have.

[turf3]

I think he sounds like an Eastern preppie frat boy trying to sound like a Texan.

[Julio July]

Originally Posted by turf3

I think he sounds like an Eastern preppie frat boy trying to sound like a Texan.

GWB does have a pretty recognizable Texas accent. It's his dad who sounded like a preppie East Coast frat boy who wasn't even trying to sound remotely Texan.

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by turf3

G.W. Bush does not have a distinctively Texan accent.

I'm not from Texas and I can hear his Texas accent the minute he opens his mouth.

[Glenn Ross]

Years ago I read that the state of Mississippi had 200 regional accents. Now, if that's the case, Texas must have more than a thousand, probably two. When I was a college at what is now Texas State, I had friends from all around the state. The accents were different depending on where they were from. Corpus Christi natives sounded different than those who grew up in Abilene. East Texas was sure as heck different.

[Danbo1957]

Austinites have a distinct accent. My 30 year-old daughter, born and raised in the capital has it.


West Texas Drawl, Abilene area, music to my ears.

[radiolibre99]

The Texas drawl is mostly seen with older and Middle aged boomers. Most young people sound like comedian Aziz Ansari. He sounds neutral but a bit of a southern drawl comes out with certain words. It's a much more relaxed way of speaking, no pretense. I like it cus no matter what your background, rich/poor, there is this kickin it way of speaking in laid back situations. I always feel as though in other places people are judging you based on your speech patterns.

[Redlionjr]

Originally Posted by radiolibre99

The Texas drawl is mostly seen with older and Middle aged boomers. Most young people sound like comedian Aziz Ansari. He sounds neutral but a bit of a southern drawl comes out with certain words. It's a much more relaxed way of speaking, no pretense. I like it cus no matter what your background, rich/poor, there is this kickin it way of speaking in laid back situations. I always feel as though in other places people are judging you based on your speech patterns.

Maybe in the bigger cities in Texas, but totally different scenario with young East Texas people who don't have as much outside influences compared to a DFW, Houston or Austin.

[Brand_new]

I love the Texas accent (or what I think is the Texan accent anyway!)


I've said in another thread that I'm coming over from the UK for 3 weeks - one of the things I'm most looking forward to is hearing 'y'all'!