<p>This is kind of a random question, but does one eventually get over the southern accent and the difficulty of understanding it at times? I'm from the NW, so ours is totally different, but will I be fine in this regard (if I even get in that is)?</p>
<p>I'm guessing you haven't visited UT.</p>
<p>Dude, there are a scarce number of people in texas who enven have an accent.</p>
<p>You're not really going to hear much of an accent unless you're in a rural area. Note - I don't count "y'all" as accent - it is established vocabulary.</p>
<p>lol ummm I live in Houston....and I don't really know anyone with an accent.</p>
<p>yeah y'all doesn't count because a lot of people here who think that they're gangster say that anyway. But is it possible that because you guys live in TX that you think that the accent is normal/are used to it? Or is it just a stereotype I guess that everyone from texas talks like that?</p>
<p>Well I'm not from Texas
I was born in New York and moved down here
True there are some hicks here and there
But there are hicks everywhere
And sometimes the older people may have accents, but Texan accents aren't strong at all compared to Alabama or Lousiana or the other Southern accents anyway</p>
<p>Over the past several decades, many people from outside Texas have moved here. Thus the accent has been diluted so much that you barely hear it in urban areas.</p>
<p>as said before, you will not even hear the accent unless you go out into the country.</p>
<p>yep I bet Houston has a worse accent than Austin, and barely anyone has one here except the old people.
Especially in Austin, which is such a big city, none of them really have accents.
Like aarosurf said, you need to go down to hicktown to hear accents.</p>
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<p>Heh. You'll probably get used to the Texas accent about as fast as Texans will understand your Washington habit of speaking quickly while mumbling. I'll bet you never noticed that's how native Washingtonians talk, did you?</p>
<p>Accents are mostly small town things in Texas. Yes you will find some city people with accents, and even then they are probably originally from rural towns, but it's not hard to understand at all.</p>
<p>What's wrong with our accents?</p>
<p>I think we have the hottest accent out of all the southern states.
Well....let's say the whole US in general.</p>
<p>Are you referring to the east Texas accent or the west Texas accent? World of difference between the two.</p>
<p>dude there is no accent in houston unless you're counting "y'all", saying "anyhow", and "i'm fixin' too"</p>
<p>I just moved to Texas near Houston from California to live with some family friends. Its funny, their grandparents have thick southern accents, their parents have it, but not as bad, and the kids dont have it at all. The accent is disappearing......thank God.</p>
<p>Hey, im from West Texas and I don't have an accent. And I don't hear a difference between the accent here and the rest of Texas. And no, I'm not just used to a "West Texas accent."</p>
<p>im from california, first year student at UT. ive rarely encountered anyone with an accent so im sure you'll be fine. none of my professors or TA's have accents and i havent heard anyone ever complaining about a professor that has a texan accent that they can't understand.</p>
<p>There have been many times when I was on the phone with someone from up north and they were surprised to hear I was born and raised in Texas, because I don't have an accent. Most people I know do not have an accent. I live in San Antonio. When I go back to my home town, which is a nearby small town, I can notice their accent. Even then, it's slight.</p>
<p>Don't believe the stereotypes. You won't hear much accent in Austin at all.</p>