Y'all have a Texas accent? Siri (and the world) might be slowly killing it

The Guardian ^ | 10 Feb 16 | Tom Dart

[ru4liberty]

Siri’s a yankee. ;)

[GrouchoTex]

Absolutely, she could have found me a bagel with lox, but no chicken fried steak.

[ru4liberty]

ru4liberty <-—— Since ‘47, kids. ;)

(Missed ‘46 by >17 hours)

[ru4liberty]

Sometimes the drawl lulls the opponent.

Well put! I lived in Southern California for several years, and I clearly remember the double-take my fiancé's best friend did when, to his amazement, the gal with the Southern drawl said something clever and intelligent upon our first meeting. He eventually got used to me and my "hick" drawl, but it was a process for him (a New York Jew).

I submit to you that part of the reason those Californians spoke using clipped words is because so many of them actually are from "back east" (as it was called in California; here in Texas, we call it "up north").

BTW, that's an impressive ancestry you're sporting on your profile page. My ancestors also came from Germany through Galveston, but that wasn't until later in the century. They stayed in Galveston -- a decision that cost them dearly in September 1900 when the worst natural disaster in U.S. history hit the island.