Everyone in NYC thought I was from Texas because of my accent, but
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Everyone in NYC thought I was from Texas because of my accent, but
I can assure you that Texans sound completely different than Mississippians. Just so you know!! :P
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Thu Nov-09-06 08:39 PM
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I live in Texas and I noticed a difference when I went to Atlanta (which I know is not in Mississippi but the accents are more similar to each other than they are to Texans' accents). Texas is more of a drawl really. I am sure some linguist could explain it. I can also tell the difference between a Minnesota accent and a Wisconsin accent (well maybe the fact that Wisconsinites call a water fountain a "bubbler" helps too!).
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Thu Nov-09-06 08:52 PM
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4. All in all, we all sound different!
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Thu Nov-09-06 08:52 PM
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Edited on Thu Nov-09-06 08:53 PM by Shell Beau
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Thu Nov-09-06 09:36 PM
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8. I lived in Wisconsin for about ten years
and never heard the word 'bubbler'. I think that's a Milwaukee/Winnebago thing. My nephew's kinda nuts about it, or he was. The phrase 'drinking fountain' was like nails on a chalkboard for him.
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Thu Nov-09-06 10:35 PM
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26. Depends if you are in East, Central, or West TX
East is similar to SE accent; Central is twang, WestTX big time twang mixed with Midwestern
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Thu Nov-09-06 08:43 PM
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2. Shoot, I'm originally from Texas, so I know the difference.
Mississippians talk slower than Texans, generally. Hi, Shell Beau! :hi: Haven't seen you for a while. :-)
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Thu Nov-09-06 08:52 PM
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3. Hey!! True, and we pronounce some words differently!
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Thu Nov-09-06 09:29 PM
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6. I wouldn't feel too insulted unless they thought you were from Arkansas
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Thu Nov-09-06 09:32 PM
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7. But New Yorkers love people from Arkansas!
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Thu Nov-09-06 09:38 PM
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It took me a minute, but I got it. :D
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Thu Nov-09-06 09:45 PM
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11. I think Arkansas uses Mississippi as an excuse and
Edited on Thu Nov-09-06 10:03 PM by Shell Beau
Mississippi uses Arkansas as an excuse... Such as "it could always be worse, we could be Arkansas" :rofl:
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Thu Nov-09-06 09:39 PM
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10. I travelled to Houston a lot a few years back and
what I noticed is that people who lived in TX their entire lives often had less of an accent that newcomers.
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Thu Nov-09-06 09:46 PM
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12. And different parts of Texas have different kinds of accents.
The same is true for MS. Just 30 miles NE of where I live, they talk a lot differently!
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Thu Nov-09-06 09:53 PM
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Thu Nov-09-06 10:04 PM
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15. Oh yeah- don't you know it!
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Thu Nov-09-06 09:59 PM
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14. All I know is that it's danged Southern.
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Thu Nov-09-06 10:05 PM
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16. But Texas ain't southern!!
It is southWESTERN!!! :P :P :P
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Thu Nov-09-06 10:17 PM
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Thu Nov-09-06 10:05 PM
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17. I am a MD native, spoke to someone from Hawaii
Edited on Thu Nov-09-06 10:06 PM by smtpgirl
yesterday and he thought I was from Georgia?? WTF. I speak with an accent, but years of Customer Service has made me generically accented. want some Crayabs?
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Thu Nov-09-06 10:19 PM
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19. I think I sound like everyone on TV. Ha!!
Most of them are taught not to speak with a specific accent and I sound NOTHING like any of them. And when I hear a southern accent on TV (a real southern accent, not some actor trying to get it right), I think I can't possibly sound like that!! Go figure! :shrug:
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Thu Nov-09-06 10:29 PM
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20. You're from Mississippi too?
Awesome....haha yeah, I totally agree with you. Texas accents are totally different. I think that they sound northern. Mississippi accents have way more of a drawl to them...though I talk really fast, unlike the typical southerner. I guess they just stereotyped all southern accents as the same...oh well.
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Thu Nov-09-06 10:30 PM
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21. I am a fast talker as well!
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Thu Nov-09-06 10:30 PM
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22. This damn mouse!! Sorry, dupe!!
Edited on Thu Nov-09-06 10:31 PM by Shell Beau
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Thu Nov-09-06 10:32 PM
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23. Central part, around Jackson/Hinds county**
Where are you from? **note to pedophiles/freepers/anyone else who might not be of sane mind-do not stalk me. k thanks. :hi:
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Thu Nov-09-06 10:34 PM
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25. Well, I'll be damned! Same locale!!
Live in Brandon, but my office is located in Jackson!
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Thu Nov-09-06 10:34 PM
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24. I know. It's been a long time since I lived down there, but I can still tell a Texan
from an Alabamian, from a Mississipian, and so on. Them New Yorkers just don't pay enough attention. Redstone
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Thu Nov-09-06 10:35 PM
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27. That's what I am talkin' 'bout!!!
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Thu Nov-09-06 10:38 PM
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28. Good to have you back around here, it is.
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29. Aw, thanks! Definitely good to be back!
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