Re: happy new year!

--- andrew <hobbit@...> wrote:


> I am pondering on the pronunciation of the
> rhoticised yod used as a menu
> gateway.  Perhaps it indicates that this website
> should be read in a
> Dallas accent. :)
>
> - andrew.
>
I'm not sure what you're referring to, but Dallas is
not nearlly so strongly rhotic as regions east or
west.  Ft. Worth is much more a part of the Texas
dialect continuum than is Dallas.  That's mainly due
to the fact that exccedingly few residents of Dallas
county were born here, or rather, very few of their
families have been here more than a couple of decades.
 Most Dallasites are from the East or Midwest or
Mexico.  Ft. Worth has a much higher percentage of
native Texans.  Dallas is more attractive to
immigrants both domestic and foreign-born.  So, while
very strong rhoticity is typical of Texas, you'll find
a much milder "General American" sort of rhoticity in
Dallas.  We're odd men out.

Adam the native Dallasite and fifth generation Texan

11 Ed ingredjandu ad il bedi, videruns al credura simu al Maja, il seu marri; ad
caderuns ed adoruns sivi, ed abriruns uls sustrus tesorus ed eviruns al jura,
ul crisu djul Livanunu, ed murra.

Machu 2:11

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