What is Texan English?
'''Texan English''' or '''Texas English''' are the two main varieties of English native to [[Texas]]. A Southern American variety and a Spanish influenced one. ==Texas English== In the eastern part of the state, there's what some call a ''Southern accent with a twist''. This ''twist'' refers to the other southern accents which came to Texas throughout the history of English being spoken there. Features include: *Monothongization of ai (''i'' dipthong), making words like ''ride'', ''dice'' and ''dike'' sound like ''rod'' (or ''rad), ''dace'' and ''dock''. Such '''glide deletion''' is found in most varieties of Southern American English. *The '''cot-caught merger''' in which words like ''stalk'' and ''stock'', are pronounced exactly the same. *The ''o'' in words like ''majority'', ''orange'' and ''horrible'' is always pronounced like the o in ''whore'' rather than that in ''stop''. ==Tejano English== The second major Texas English variety is '''Tejano English''' - the [[Hispanic]] variety common in the southwest part of the state. Features include: * Dropping of t and d in words that end in these letters. * Pronunciation of the ''i'' monothong as ee.{{clarify}} * Conversion of th to t or d, so called ''dentalization''. [[Category:American English]] [[Category:Texas]] {{US-stub}}