Do you speak Texan? (fwd link)

[Richard Zane Smith]

 hmmm...how does a texan say   *"the flattened monophthong"*
(sounds like a roadkill rattlesnake to me)

If you *know* you have an accent...does it even qualify as an accent?

Doesn't an accent only exist when its compared to someone else's accent?

Is it even possible for Texans who speak with accents to study Texan
accents?

and where did the word "food" (as in : fude ) come from anyway?

Richard
Wyandotte Oklahoma




On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Phillip E Cash Cash <
cashcash at email.arizona.edu> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Access full article below:
> http://www.utexas.edu/know/2012/05/07/texas_twang/
>



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