Texas Accents make the news
Being from Texas, I can sympathize with these poor folks being made to sound stupid by the spelling in this article.
I think most people don’t have any problem with accents, and actually enjoy hearing accents that are foreign to them. It’s almost like learning a new, yet simple, language. But I just can’t stand to see someone trying to spell these pronunciation idiosyncrasies out. It just looks misspelled, not to mention “stoopid”.
That said, I did enjoy the article, I just wish that they knew how to spell properly.
If you think “gone with the wind” while you read it and ignore the spelling, I think you’re gonna’ do just fine. (Sorry, couldn’t help myself.)
By the way, me own dear sweet mother catches a lot of flack for her pronunciation of “warsh”, but I don’t think that she believes Austin to be the capital of the US.
Other idiosyncrasies have all but vanished over time. Texans for the most part no longer pray to the “Lard,” replacing the “o” with an “a,” or “warsh” their clothes. How the interloping “r” crept in remains an especially intriguing question, Dr. Bailey said. Trying to trace the peculiarity, he asked Texans to name the capital of the United States, often drawing the unhelpful answer “Austin.”
Is it just me, or does it bother you when someone tries to spell out your accent?
(via linkfilter)
