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Old 11-15-2007, 07:19 PM
 
Location: DFW Texas
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Everyone knows us Texans don't have an "accent"! Its everyone else that tawks funny!
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Old 11-15-2007, 08:34 PM
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Location: Suburban Dallas
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Everyone knows us Texans don't have an "accent"! Its everyone else that tawks funny!
Yew got thayut right.
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Old 11-16-2007, 10:28 AM
 
Location: Dallas TX & AL Gulf Coast
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Dictionary with all the "correct" TX/southern words and meanings:


A Glossary of Southern Accents - alphaDictionary * Free English Online Dictionary
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Old 11-16-2007, 12:17 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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My dad was terrible when talking about computers....'cause you cou;dn't tell when he was talking about a power kard or a memory kard, etc.
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Old 11-17-2007, 09:09 PM
 
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a popular one in San Antonio is the ch's are replaced with the sh's ex: i like eatin potato ships or the th's are replaced with f's like earf (earth)or souf(south).
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Old 11-17-2007, 11:02 PM
 
Location: Texas
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One I still use from time to time without realizing it is "Uhwhalago" which translates to "a while ago."
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Old 11-18-2007, 10:02 AM
 
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I knew a gal from Chicago who thought it was so funny when I said I was fixin to go somewhere, or fixin to do something. I finally had to ask her what was so funny about it. To me, it simply meant I was going somewhere or going to do something right then or in the pretty near future. She said fixin' meant to repair something. I told her, I KNOW that! LOL, guess I'm "repairing" to go to the store.

She also seemed to get a big kick out of when I said something was just over yonder, or about so far as (X number of miles) as the crow flies.

As a matter of fact, thinking back on it, my everyday way of talking seemed to be quite a source of entertainment/amusement for some of the northern folks who had relocated down here. I've lost touch with most of them, but wonder if any of this Texan tawk has rubbed off on them yet?
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Old 11-18-2007, 08:07 PM
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Location: Suburban Dallas
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In some cities, it's not Fifth Street, it's Fee-uth Straight.
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Old 11-18-2007, 08:10 PM
Status: "College baseball this weekend." (set 6 days ago)
 
Location: Suburban Dallas
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I knew a gal from Chicago who thought it was so funny when I said I was fixin to go somewhere, or fixin to do something. I finally had to ask her what was so funny about it. To me, it simply meant I was going somewhere or going to do something right then or in the pretty near future. She said fixin' meant to repair something. I told her, I KNOW that! LOL, guess I'm "repairing" to go to the store.

She also seemed to get a big kick out of when I said something was just over yonder, or about so far as (X number of miles) as the crow flies.

As a matter of fact, thinking back on it, my everyday way of talking seemed to be quite a source of entertainment/amusement for some of the northern folks who had relocated down here. I've lost touch with most of them, but wonder if any of this Texan tawk has rubbed off on them yet?
She just has to understand that's what you're about to do. That is amazing how people get such a kick out of us. I hope it has rubbed off on the aforementioned Noh-wer-thurn folks.
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Old 11-18-2007, 09:42 PM
 
Location: Garland Texas
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fixin' to and ya'll is about as far as my Texas goes. I was born and raised in Dallas, but my parents are transplants so I never picked up the accent.

No offense to anyone from West Texas, but it might as well be a foreign language. In turn I talk fast like a northerner so I'm sure people don't understand me.
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