It just depends on what part of Texas you live in. Pretty much everybody talks with a Southern Texas accent where I live. I live about 20 miles South East of Houston. People need to quit trying to purposely lose their accents too, be proud of who you are and where you're from.
Not sure it's purposeful so much as influence from people from out of state moving in and mass media promoting a more "General American" Midwest kind of accent. You get out in the boonies where more 'Native' Texans live, you might find your accent getting more pronounced. At least that's what I noticed when hanging out with the folks vs. hanging out in more metropolitan spots. I still have some accent markers, they just get unconsciously less pronounced.
West Texas has the twang. East Texas has the drawl. We even fold our tortillas differently. I'm 5th generation native Texan and 4th generation Houstonian. Eat 'em up, Cougars!
We used to be able to tell what part of Texas you were from. There were regional differences in the drawl. When I was young, we went to visit family in the Pacific NW. They found my drawl such a great form of entertainment they actually called friends & put me on the phone with them--hysterically laughing the whole time. When we got home, I was on a mission to get rid of it. Unfortunately, I succeeded to the point that as an adult traveling around the country, no one believed me when I told them I'm from Texas. I now speak perfect "Metropolitan" English. But, after moving back home several years ago, I have been working on getting my vocal heritage back. I am a proud 5th Gen Native Texan...I've decided to sound like it again!
Twang is general to Texas, but East Texans lean a little more toward a General Southern dialect in their speech, while West Texans talk slower and have the more pronounced Texas twang. Folks in cities have less accent/more Midwest sort of speech in general because of outside influence.
North East coming down to texas and talk "black english" with some of the y'all stuff to complement with. The old west texas accent is almost dead except for ..well the oldies.
It just depends on what part of Texas you live in. Pretty much everybody talks with a Southern Texas accent where I live. I live about 20 miles South East of Houston. People need to quit trying to purposely lose their accents too, be proud of who you are and where you're from.
Not sure it's purposeful so much as influence from people from out of state moving in and mass media promoting a more "General American" Midwest kind of accent. You get out in the boonies where more 'Native' Texans live, you might find your accent getting more pronounced. At least that's what I noticed when hanging out with the folks vs. hanging out in more metropolitan spots. I still have some accent markers, they just get unconsciously less pronounced.
West Texas has the twang. East Texas has the drawl. We even fold our tortillas differently. I'm 5th generation native Texan and 4th generation Houstonian. Eat 'em up, Cougars!
There's your problem. She's at the UT campus. Might as well go to California.
Pretty much.
Exactly what I was thinking😂
Forreal you aint lying
Hook Them, Everybody?
Orangeblood here ergo said w/rueful affection.
We used to be able to tell what part of Texas you were from. There were regional differences in the drawl. When I was young, we went to visit family in the Pacific NW. They found my drawl such a great form of entertainment they actually called friends & put me on the phone with them--hysterically laughing the whole time. When we got home, I was on a mission to get rid of it. Unfortunately, I succeeded to the point that as an adult traveling around the country, no one believed me when I told them I'm from Texas. I now speak perfect "Metropolitan" English. But, after moving back home several years ago, I have been working on getting my vocal heritage back.
I am a proud 5th Gen Native Texan...I've decided to sound like it again!
hey y'all I'm from Ally, my name is Texas.
manap3000 does you recognize Stone Cold Steve Austin 👊
Hilarious! Love what you guys did with the video blur on the side bars and the tv insert! Looks great!
0:52 brutal voice crack
It’s because they’re not Native Texans.
Thats too funny im from texas and youd find a lot of the twang here in east texas especially in Gilmer lol
Texas now has one syllable words.
I'm from a place like 15 minutes away and we have the twangiest(?) accent, Austin is in the Hill Country but no one in Austin is from Texas
Interviewer looks like taylor swift
Fact:
"Y'all didn't go to where TEXANS really is, period."
Those people y'all interviewed were NOT originally from TEXAS!
Y,all are in Austin go to east texas
Twang is east Texan
Twang is general to Texas, but East Texans lean a little more toward a General Southern dialect in their speech, while West Texans talk slower and have the more pronounced Texas twang. Folks in cities have less accent/more Midwest sort of speech in general because of outside influence.
they sound like they are simple simon
Texnus tewan
I'm from Austin I grew up smoking weed and eating LSD
I used to make fun of the Texas accent when I was a kid.
North East coming down to texas and talk "black english" with some of the y'all stuff to complement with. The old west texas accent is almost dead except for ..well the oldies.
Texas has never had a twang accent.
It's a DRAW
If you want twang go to Louisiana.