> You may be the first Yankee (no offense)I know that knows that there is a big difference between West Texas and East Texas accents. Most people tend to lump them together as one "Texas accent". They are very different from each other. I can tell what part of Texas someone is from almost immediately.
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> Kel"how y'all doin!"ly

I used to work with a girl whom I thought was from Leveland, Texas. I figured there must be some pretty flat landscape there, to name a town Level-land. Well, maybe it is flat,and maybe it's not-- turned out to be LOVEland Texas. "Oh, LOVEland Texas!" I exclaimed, and she responded, "Yes, that's what Ah said-Leveland Texas".

When I asked what her hobbies were, she said she liked hackin'. "Oh, what's hacking?" I asked.
She looked at me oddly and said, "You know, like takin' a hack on a trail through the woods".

After that we got on pretty well together.

koala"howdy,pardner"mom