1. TEXAN ACCENT
PRENSENTED BY :
WAN MUHAMMAD AFIQ WAN MUNAWER
SIRAJ MUNIR BIN MOHAMAD AZME
ALEL 10 /ALUK 11
2013/2015

2. HOW TO SPEAK TEXAN ??
1) Drop the ‘g’ in ‘ing’
Eg :
Original – I’m taking a book
Texan – I’m takin a book
2) ‘Ah’ instead the long ‘I’
Eg :
Original – I’m taking a book
Texan – Ah’m takin a book .
3) When ‘ing’ is within a word , say ‘ang’
Eg :
Original – singing
Texan – sanging

3. 4) Don’t take out ‘g’ if at the middle
Eg :
Original – swinging
Texan – swangin
5) Smush your word
Eg :
Original – don’t you
Texan – don’tcha
Original – how about
Texan – howabout

4. Example in a full sentence .
Original – I’d get a pair of pliers and cut some wire .
Texan style – I cud get a par of plahrs and cut some war with the war cuttin plahrs .
Original – or maybe I’d get tires on my car , and then park my car in a parking lot .
Texan style – or maybe I’ll jist go git tahrs on my cahr , and then pahrk my cahr in a
pahrking lot .

5. WORDS AND PHRASES FROM TEXAS
Example of words :
Looker : an attractive person .
“ Wow ! She’s a looker ! ”
Idiot box : television
“ Hi guys ! I’m watching the idiot box ”
Fixins : an entire meal , excluding the main dish .
“ I’ll have a hamburger with all the fixins ”
.

6. Examples of phrases :
All Worked Up : A state of aggravation, anxiety, or agitation.
“ There is no need to get yourself all worked up over a little accident.”
Tan Your Hide : to give someone a spanking or beating
“ that child was having a conniption ! Someone needed to tan his hide ”
Long-tailed Cat in a Room Full of Rocking Chairs : Nervous.
“ that woman looked as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
”

7. Last night I was fixin some grub. It was gettin late and I was already plum
wore out , but I had promised to grill up some steaks for supper so, come hell or
high water , I was gonna get it done .
As I was preppin the meat I turned on the idiot box . It was playin’ some
talk show and there was a woman having a problem with her boyfriend . She was
fit to be tied because her boyfriend was trying to get her to fess up that she was
carrying some other man’s baby ……….
LET’S TRY IT OUT !

8. Last night I was fixin (fixing) some grub (food) . It was gettin (getting) late
and I was already plum wore out (exhausted) , but I had promised to grill
up some steaks for supper so, come hell or high water (determine to do
something) , I was gonna get it done .
As I was preppin (preparing) the meat I turned on the idiot box (television)
. It was playin’ (playing) some talk show and there was a woman having a
problem with her boyfriend . She was fit to be tied (very upset) because her
boyfriend was trying to get her to fess up(confess) that she was carrying
some other man’s baby ……….
CHECK IT OUT !

9. THE END
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