Klarinet Archive - Posting 000949.txt from 2000/04

From: "Dee D. Hays" <deehays@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] hey, what is this flute thread doing here?
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 08:04:23 -0400

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Lawrence" <belgarath10@-----.com>
Subject: Re: [kl] hey, what is this flute thread doing here?

> I can't really speak for the whole south, but in Lubbock Texas, almost no
> one under 50 butchers words like that. I agree that there are plenty of
> people who do, I guess I'm just trying to stay away from the stereotype
that
> all southerners, especially Texans, are gun-tootin' cowboys with a huge
> accent. Granted, there will be some variance in speech, as is inherent in
> any widespread dialect (the Chinese dialect become so different it split
> into two more or less distinct languages- Mandarin and Cantonese), but I
> think with mass media, etc., most decently educated people pronounce words
> relatively similarly. That's just my experience *shrug*:). But for all
of
> you who live in foreign countries, or even in the northern States, please
> know that not all Texans ride horses and live on a ranch:).
>
> -Michael L.
>

I'd hate to see everyone homogenized to the same accent. The classic Texas
drawl always seemed rather sexy to me.

Dee Hays
Canton, SD

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Unsubscribe from Klarinet, e-mail: klarinet-unsubscribe@-----.org
Subscribe to the Digest: klarinet-digest-subscribe@-----.org
Additional commands: klarinet-help@-----.org
Other problems: klarinet-owner@-----.org