I'm from northeast Texas, Marshall to be exact, and I admittedly have a heavy country (or as I like to call it Texas) accent. I'm a 7th generation Texan and everybody on that side of the family does. When I went to A&M I would get asked all the time where I was from because of my accent. After college when I moved to Dallas I would also get asked (with a laugh) where I was from because of my accent. My answer to both was always, "Texas, I'm from Texas."
Now I've been married to a lady from south Texas (Bandera to be exact) and I still get laughed at from south Texans because of my accent. My question is...why do some parts of Texas have a twang and others don't? I totally understand why folks from Houston and Dallas don't...as they have lost their small town Texas origins. But what about small city Texans, like Marshall and Bandera?
Why didn't the accent spread south? Or is it because east Texas is still considered the "deep south" when the rest of the state isn't?
Now I've been married to a lady from south Texas (Bandera to be exact) and I still get laughed at from south Texans because of my accent. My question is...why do some parts of Texas have a twang and others don't? I totally understand why folks from Houston and Dallas don't...as they have lost their small town Texas origins. But what about small city Texans, like Marshall and Bandera?
Why didn't the accent spread south? Or is it because east Texas is still considered the "deep south" when the rest of the state isn't?