OT: Hello to the New People, Especially Those From the...

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In a message dated 6/5/05 6:45:17 AM Central Daylight Time,

butchbsi writes:

 

For those who don't know

Texas well .. folks who are not native Texacans have to learn to speak

native Texacan afore they can vote. The way that's done is you gotta

put a buncha marbles in your mouth when you talk .. after you get the

hang of speaking native Texacan you can discard the marbles.

 

 

This was too funny. After growing up util age 30 in NJ, then moving to AZ

for some time, I thought I had lost my " east coast " accent. No way, the native

Texans tell me....

When I talk to my son, I somehow seem to throw a y'all in as natural as can

be (instead of you guys), and even a couple of fixin' to's (picked up in

Oklahoma). He tells me I'm sounding like I have been here too long, LOL.

 

 

Julie