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LAS14

(15,502 posts) Thu Mar 5, 2026, 01:29 PM Mar 5

How come Talarico doesn't have a southern accent? Just curious... Not implying anything. nt [View all]

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How come Talarico doesn't have a southern accent? Just curious... Not implying anything. nt [View all] LAS14 Mar 5 OP

I know a lot of texans. Happy Hoosier Mar 5 #1

Really? nt TBF Mar 5 #2

He's "just asking questions." n/t demmiblue Mar 5 #7

What would people think you were implying? leftstreet Mar 5 #3

I just googled it. I think it is because he is from Central SSJVegeta Mar 5 #4

Many people in the Austin area don't dalton99a Mar 5 #5

That what Grok says - It's the Austin influence womanofthehills Mar 5 #34

He has a little touch of it, but he might have lost a lot of it while attending Harvard. Ocelot II Mar 5 #6

Same with Beto, who went to Columbia dalton99a Mar 5 #8

It's because he grew up I right outside Austin womanofthehills Mar 5 #35

Because actual Texas is not the same as TV/movie Texas. DavidDvorkin Mar 5 #9

I grew up in southern WV and people that didn't know better thought I was from another state when meeting me. FascismIsDeath Mar 5 #10

Because he got an education and doesn't want to talk like a hick? Mysterian Mar 5 #11

So everyone with a southern accent is uneducated and talks like a hick? onenote Mar 5 #19

I have no issue with southern drawls but IMO Jimmy Carter didn't have a pronounced one. CentralMass Mar 5 #23

Of course not. But as one whose parents moved around constantly, I was very prone to picking up bits hlthe2b Mar 5 #33

The very stable genius does not have a Southern accent. dalton99a Mar 5 #22

Ever seen a Venn diagram? Mysterian Mar 5 #36

Which seems contradicted by the existence of W. Bush Torchlight Mar 5 #31

because not all Texans UpInArms Mar 5 #12

I suspect that many people in large cities don't Ilsa Mar 5 #13

+1. You will hear an accent 30 miles outside the city. dalton99a Mar 5 #16

Some People Coolgoober Mar 5 #14

People who live in major Texas cities pinkstarburst Mar 5 #15

Also from East Texas RussBLib Mar 5 #20

Everyone I have met from there did pinkstarburst Mar 5 #29

I'm from Dallas and a 3rd generation Texan. I had an accent I had to get rid of when I went to drama school CTyankee Mar 5 #43

Sounds serious, relevant and even critical in today's environment. Torchlight Mar 5 #17

I've lived in Texas all of my life Texasgal Mar 5 #18

I am from Central Texas herding cats Mar 5 #21

It's there, but attenuated. carpetbagger Mar 5 #24

Texans do not normally have a Southern accent LetMyPeopleVote Mar 5 #25

You really don't know? City Lights Mar 5 #26

If he took any kind of debate, public speaking xmas74 Mar 5 #27

I moved away from pflugerville 6 years ago Laurelin Mar 5 #28

Cripes on a bike GenThePerservering Mar 5 #30

Texan here. I code switch depending on the context. harumph Mar 5 #32

Regional accents are on the decline in a big way in the U.S. . . . markpkessinger Mar 5 #37

He doesn't have a Texas accent, either. MineralMan Mar 5 #38

I didn't mean to imply that it "matters." That's why I said, "Just curious." nt LAS14 Mar 5 #39

Uh-huh... MineralMan Mar 5 #40

Why doesn't Owen Wilson have a Texas accent? LudwigPastorius Mar 5 #41

Texas is very diverse Zambero Mar 5 #42