Just saw one of these from Funky East Dallas Democrats

[Liberal In Texas]

(We live in a small artistic enclave in East Dallas near White Rock Lake. Austin has nothing on us LOL.)

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[Skittles]

1. "Fixing to vote"

me, "I done voted"

[Susan Calvin]

2. I will be voting drectly. nt

[Skittles]

3. I still remember the first time I heard "Fixin' to"

I grew up in England and the midwest and was confused, I asked, you did it or you are going to do it? I also remember a Texan asking me if I had a PIN which also confused me, until I realized they actually were needing a PEN.

[Susan Calvin]

4. I was 14 years old before I knew

That it wasn't pronounced quorter. Or Worshington.

[Skittles]

6. HA, that 'R' insertion drives me nuts

but most of the people I have known who do that came from rural north

[Susan Calvin]

5. I had most of it beaten out of me in college, as a drama major.

I now speak mostly General American, but I can tell you from listening to myself on tape that it's really hard to completely get rid of those vowels that turn into diphthongs. You can shorten them so it's not as obvious, but it's really hard to make them entirely go away. I mean, you can still tell Dan Rather is from Texas, right?

[Skittles]

7. I can tell Dan Rather is educated south, yeah

[Hangingon]

9. "I am fixin to carry my wife I to the poll."

[efhmc]

8. This is not only a fun area of Dallas but a pretty one also.