A Breakdown and Evolution of Texas Dialects
‘Yew know, yew always thank, Gosh, we don’t have accents, but I guesss we dew…’ Carol said. ‘…We weynt to Flooreda one tyme, an’ we wer in an elevator, tawkin. An’ someone sayd, [Yew must be from Texas!] An’ we said, [How kin yew tail?]” (qtd in Colloff 46) Of course, natives do not hear ...