Texas twang
Lone Star speech
Texas twang is the distinctive accent and speech patterns of Texas, characterized by drawn-out vowels, dropped g's, and a melodic quality that rises and falls.
The twang refers to the nasal, almost musical resonance in the voice: She never lost her Texas twang despite living in New York for thirty years.
It's one of the most recognizable American regional accents.
- drawlUnhurried, elongated speech pattern
- accentRegional speech pattern
- y'allInformal plural you
- cowboyMounted cattle herder
- honky-tonkRough country music venue
Nashville · country · guitar · cowboy boots · southern · lone star · boots · rodeo · pickup · ranch · pickup truck · dusty · plains · Dolly · steel · fiddle · howdy · barbecue
- provincial accentsYorkshire, Geordie, West Country, Scottish brogue, Irish brogue
- TexasAlamo, Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio
- accentsBritish accent, Australian accent, New England accent, New York accent, Boston accent
- Americanismsaluminum, fixin' to, apartment, howdy, candy
- American dialectsregional accents, Boston accent, New York accent, Midwest accent, New England accent
- Southwest Slangy'all, howdy, reckon, fixin to, pardner
Texas twangBoston accent
New England regional pronunciation
New York accent · Brooklyn accent · Minnesota accent · New England accent · Midwestern accent
Texas twangBritish accent
UK speech pattern
Queen's English · Oxford English · Scottish brogue · Irish brogue · Australian accent
Texas, Texan, Texans, twang, twangs, twanged, twanging, twangy