Do you speak Texan? (fwd link)

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Do you speak Texan?

By Jessica Sinn, College of Liberal Arts
Published: May 7

With its sprawling pastures, gleaming skylines and rugged hills, the Lone
Star State looms large in American culture. Just the word Texas evokes
images of rootin’ tootin’ cowboys in 10-gallon hats shouting “howdy y’all!”

Venture into a honky tonk or a rural Texas town, and you’re likely to find
more slow-talking cowpokes than you can shake a stick at. Yet researchers
at The University of Texas at Austin have found Texanisms like “might
could” and “down yonder” are dissipating, especially among young city
slickers.

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http://www.utexas.edu/know/2012/05/07/texas_twang/
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