*snorts* Texas has its own special accent--most American accents around where I live sound a lot more like a TeeVee accent.
Most.
(I happen to sound somewhat like a valley girl at innapropriate times.)
Although, I just had a GREAT idea--live subtitles! So you meet someone and can't quite understand 'em--just flip a switch, and subtitles appear in the air above their head! It's genius, right?
It might not be you. They might have sought out the podunk town rural Texan pit masters to talk to about ~authentic~ Texan barbecue, and rural Texas is another fucking world. I'm Texan and I'd like subtitles half the time when talking to ranchers.
Or it was TV chefs who like to put on the exaggerated Texan accent for teh teevees.
Now I want some brisket with sauce and maybe some jalapeno cheese bread. :'(
Ha ha! Well yeah, like the folks before me have mentioned, Texas has kind of its own dialect, especially in the rural areas. Frankly, I have trouble with Southern accents because I've never spent much time there. I've had a few friends who hailed from the Deep South and when they talk (and Oh Man! did some of them talk) I sometimes want to turn up the speed. GET! WORDS! OUT
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I usually get told that I speak quite "properly" and sound almost English - this is my West Australian somewhat gentrified accent though - alas that I can't pull off the "put another shrimp on the barbie" ocker at all *sadface*
Hmmm they called it "Slaw" I assumed coleslaw and it was proudly introduced as red slaw and they cut to a shot of an entire bucket of ketchup going into a big industrial size mixing bowl.
Then again I was VERY suspicious of french toast and maple syrup (not to mention bacon and maple syrup) when I first visited the US and that combo was awesome.
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(I happen to sound somewhat like a valley girl at innapropriate times.)
Although, I just had a GREAT idea--live subtitles! So you meet someone and can't quite understand 'em--just flip a switch, and subtitles appear in the air above their head! It's genius, right?
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I would so welcome that at work - especially when you have to talk to people on the phone and can't even rely on body language clues for context :P
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Or it was TV chefs who like to put on the exaggerated Texan accent for teh teevees.
Now I want some brisket with sauce and maybe some jalapeno cheese bread. :'(
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I like your accent for it is full of WIN!
I usually get told that I speak quite "properly" and sound almost English - this is my West Australian somewhat gentrified accent though - alas that I can't pull off the "put another shrimp on the barbie" ocker at all *sadface*
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Coleslaw made with ketchup? Yuck. What on earth?
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Then again I was VERY suspicious of french toast and maple syrup (not to mention bacon and maple syrup) when I first visited the US and that combo was awesome.
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Coleslaw made with ketchup? Now, I've heard of hot slaw made with ketchup as an ingredient (and by "heard of," I mean "made"), but coleslaw? Ew.
Grits are yummy! :-P
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Also pecan pie and that salad made with marshmallows.
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