Everyone in NYC thought I was from Texas because of my accent, but

[Shell Beau]

I can assure you that Texans sound completely different than Mississippians. Just so you know!! :P

[alarimer]

1. Yes they do

I live in Texas and I noticed a difference when I went to Atlanta (which I know is not in Mississippi but the accents are more similar to each other than they are to Texans' accents). Texas is more of a drawl really. I am sure some linguist could explain it.

I can also tell the difference between a Minnesota accent and a Wisconsin accent (well maybe the fact that Wisconsinites call a water fountain a "bubbler" helps too!).

[Shell Beau]

4. All in all, we all sound different!

:)

[Shell Beau]

5. Oops! Dupe!

:)

[hfojvt]

8. I lived in Wisconsin for about ten years

and never heard the word 'bubbler'. I think that's a Milwaukee/Winnebago thing. My nephew's kinda nuts about it, or he was. The phrase 'drinking fountain' was like nails on a chalkboard for him.

[benny05]

26. Depends if you are in East, Central, or West TX

East is similar to SE accent; Central is twang, WestTX big time twang mixed with Midwestern

[Aristus]

2. Shoot, I'm originally from Texas, so I know the difference.

Mississippians talk slower than Texans, generally.

Hi, Shell Beau! :hi: Haven't seen you for a while. :-)

[Shell Beau]

3. Hey!! True, and we pronounce some words differently!

:hi:

[Elidor]

6. I wouldn't feel too insulted unless they thought you were from Arkansas

:hide:

[Lavender Brown]

7. But New Yorkers love people from Arkansas!

:D

[Elidor]

9. LOL!

It took me a minute, but I got it. :D

[Shell Beau]

11. I think Arkansas uses Mississippi as an excuse and

Mississippi uses Arkansas as an excuse... Such as "it could always be worse, we could be Arkansas"

:rofl:

[barb162]

10. I travelled to Houston a lot a few years back and

what I noticed is that people who lived in TX their entire lives often had less of an accent that newcomers.

[Shell Beau]

12. And different parts of Texas have different kinds of accents.

The same is true for MS. Just 30 miles NE of where I live, they talk a lot differently!

[LSK]

13. series?!1

[Shell Beau]

15. Oh yeah- don't you know it!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

14. All I know is that it's danged Southern.

:P :P

[Shell Beau]

16. But Texas ain't southern!!

It is southWESTERN!!!


:P :P :P

[WritingIsMyReligion]

18. Oh, piddle.

:P

[smtpgirl]

17. I am a MD native, spoke to someone from Hawaii

yesterday and he thought I was from Georgia??

WTF. I speak with an accent, but years of Customer Service has made me generically accented.


want some Crayabs?

[Shell Beau]

19. I think I sound like everyone on TV. Ha!!

Most of them are taught not to speak with a specific accent and I sound NOTHING like any of them. And when I hear a southern accent on TV (a real southern accent, not some actor trying to get it right), I think I can't possibly sound like that!! Go figure! :shrug:

[tinfoil tiaras]

20. You're from Mississippi too?

Awesome....haha yeah, I totally agree with you. Texas accents are totally different. I think that they sound northern. Mississippi accents have way more of a drawl to them...though I talk really fast, unlike the typical southerner.

I guess they just stereotyped all southern accents as the same...oh well.

[Shell Beau]

21. I am a fast talker as well!

Where in MS are you?

[Shell Beau]

22. This damn mouse!! Sorry, dupe!!

[tinfoil tiaras]

23. Central part, around Jackson/Hinds county**

Where are you from?

**note to pedophiles/freepers/anyone else who might not be of sane mind-do not stalk me. k thanks. :hi:

[Shell Beau]

25. Well, I'll be damned! Same locale!!

Live in Brandon, but my office is located in Jackson!

[Redstone]

24. I know. It's been a long time since I lived down there, but I can still tell a Texan

from an Alabamian, from a Mississipian, and so on.

Them New Yorkers just don't pay enough attention.

Redstone

[Shell Beau]

27. That's what I am talkin' 'bout!!!

:)

[Redstone]

28. Good to have you back around here, it is.

Redstone

[Shell Beau]

29. Aw, thanks! Definitely good to be back!

:)