Texan drawl
Lone Star accent
A Texan drawl is the slow, elongated speech pattern characteristic of Texas, marked by stretched vowels and a relaxed pace: His Texan drawl made every sentence feel unhurried.
The drawl varies across the state—East Texas sounds more Southern, West Texas flatter—but all share that distinctive leisurely delivery that turns one-syllable words into two.
- accentRegional speech pattern
- SouthernOf the region below
- twangSharp vibrating sound
- cowboyMounted cattle herder
- howdyInformal rural greeting
y'all · slow · slow as molasses · lazy · honey · front porch · rodeo · boots · ranch · oil · oil rig · barbecue · Austin · Houston · Dallas · prairie · cattle · cattle drive
- accentsBritish accent, Australian accent, New England accent, New York accent, Boston accent
- speech soundsvowel, diphthong, nasal, monophthong, vocal folds
Texan drawlNew York accent
Regional urban dialect marker
Boston accent · Mid-Atlantic accent · Brooklyn accent · New England accent · Chicago accent
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