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Originally Posted by elchivito
I've always been an accent fan. I tend to automatically switch out depending on circumstances. I get my spanglish on when family's around and without thinking about it will switch to AZ-NM bubba - which is sort of midwest influenced west texas- at the feed store. I betcha Bot you don't sound the same at some work meeting as you do at a Zydeco beer joint.
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What is this "AZ-NM bubba" more exactly? I have lived out here four years I.I.R.C., and for us gringos, I don't notice any accent. But from somewhere according to some family back home I have a slight Texas accent, especially if tired and almost guaranteed if I am talking or been to my Brother or his wife, who have a Southern drawl (I am not that bad!).
I grew up in the Sandy Eggo area, and there wasn't an accent per say, as a lot of folks were not natives of the area. But, for the natives there was a slight difference between the coast and the east.
Accents are strange creatures. Sometimes understandable and sometimes not. Sometimes can be absorbed and/or removed, or they never change.
Something funny. After living with Arab room mates a few months, I was speaking decent Queen's English!
Not sure how come I can't get it back though...