Are Texas Born Blacks And Hispanics Least Likely To Have the Stereotypical Texan Accent ?

[Chalie Brown]

Originally Posted by Spade

I do hear their natural accent. I have family all over Georgia as that is where my mothers side started. I also went to school with many blacks from GA when living in Killeen. To me, the only similarity is that they cut the words short. But they do that in the midwest and out west. Other than that, they've always sound different to me than Texans. I still say Houston blacks sound more like Mississippi gulf Coast and Southern Louisiana than Alabama or Georgia.

Don't disagree with that last part. Like I said, I'm not saying they sound exactly like

[Chalie Brown]

Again, I'm just saying that with this area its the general southern accent that's spoken. Words are generally pronounced with the same vowel sounds, but they don't necessarily leave lips the same or with similar cadence.

[winkosmosis]

Blacks in Texas speak African American Vernacular English, aka "ebonics". Both in cities and the country. The exception would be the relatively small percentage who grew up in the suburbs with parents who don't have a strong accent themselves.