No, but I've heard them speak somehow. That drawl used to extend all along the coast eastward and north into Memphis but I don't notice it as much now.You may be confusing the "drawl" with the "twang." I don't have the former, but I most assuredly have the latter.
You don't really hit the drawl till you're halfway down Mississippi, Alabama, or Georgia. The northern halves of those states have the same twang as their neighbors to the north.
I believe Texans also speak with the twang rather than the drawl. Has to do with the origin of most Texas settlers.
You don’t really hit the drawl till you’re halfway down Mississippi, Alabama, or Georgia. The northern halves of those states have the same twang as their neighbors to the north.
I believe Texans also speak with the twang rather than the drawl. Has to do with the origin of most Texas settlers.
A lot of Texans ancestors were from the upper south. Mine came down from Virginia and North Carolina, migrating through the lower south to east Texas around and after 1865. I think a lot came from Tennessee. Possibly that’s why Texas has more of the twang than the soft southern drawl? I do think the southern drawl is really pretty. I’ve noticed when I’m around native Texans or true southerners, my pronunciation starts to mirror theirs. I’m not trying to change it, but it just happens!(Probably because my parents and grandparents talked closer to that way so it seems natural).