The Texas Accent (Houston, Dallas, Austin: transplants, school, residential)

[Glenn Ross]

Everyone has an accent to someone. If you don't think you do, just travel to a different region.

[Kibby]

Originally Posted by lepoisson

I'm from North Carolina. People in this part of the South have a slow drawl accent. However, the Texas southern accent is quite different. It's not slow, but it has a sort of twang to it.

Get someone from Texas with an accent to say words like "right" or "tight". It almost sounds like they are saying "rat" or "tat". Get someone from North Carolina (or really the rest of the South) to say these words and they'll sound sort of like "riot" or "tayat".

Are there any other characteristics of the Texas accent you've noticed?

Born & raised in Texas. Never noticed any accent at all .... Except for the Yankees.

[Kibby]

Originally Posted by KathrynAragon

You will sure hear plenty of that! Honestly, I don't know how people communicate effectively without using that wonderful word.

Note: "Ya'll" is two or more people. But "all y'all" (which you will also hear) is inclusive of an entire group of people.

For instance:

"Y'all come on. We gotta get to the state fair before it gets too hot and crowded."
"Who all's going?"
"ALL y'all - at least that's what I thought. Come on! Get in the truck! Roasted corn and funnel cakes are waitin' for us!"

That's "We gotta git'n tha truck!" "Roasted corn an funnel cakes arra waitin' forus."
That's not an accent - it's a Conservation program. We conserve letters and time.

[Cardiff Giant]

Originally Posted by TexasHorseLady

How do you pronounce it?

Wehns-dey. The pin-pen thing always gets me too. What do you need a pin for?

[Watchful]

Originally Posted by Cardiff Giant

Wehns-dey. The pin-pen thing always gets me too. What do you need a pin for?

In my book, "pin" and "pen" are basically homonymns.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Not at all.

(And Texas - not Virginia - is where I learned to talk.)

[Cardiff Giant]

Originally Posted by Watchful

In my book, "pin" and "pen" are basically homonymns.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Not at all.

(And Texas - not Virginia - is where I learned to talk.)

Oh, it doesn't bother me, it's just an observation. I love the Texas accent.

[shortel]

lived in texas all my life for 37 years the only time people say i have a texas accent is when i say y'all. Now my former co worker from south carolina soon as she opened her mouth you knew she wasnt from up north.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by Cardiff Giant

I just noticed last night that my neighbor (from Houston) says "Windsdee" for Wednesday. LOL.

I'm from Long Island so I can't complain about accents. I cover mine up pretty good but it comes out when I'm either drinking or angry.

I've always say WenesDAY but my aunt and cousins in Miami always says Windsdee and Tuesdee. Always found that funny.

[TexasHorseLady]

Originally Posted by Cardiff Giant

Wehns-dey. The pin-pen thing always gets me too. What do you need a pin for?

Thanks. I'm from East Texas originally, now in Central Texas by way of North Texas, and I say Winds-day. (Had to say it in my head a couple of times.) We should all, of course, be saying Wodenes-dæg.

[Watchful]

Originally Posted by Cardiff Giant

Oh, it doesn't bother me, it's just an observation. I love the Texas accent.

When I moved from Houston to "deep East Texas" (halfway through high school), I noticed the kids called pens "INK-PINS"