overheard quote of the day

A woman in a restaurant, speaking with a broad Texas twang.

“My family is all over Texas. My brothers’ ex-wives have taken over whole towns with their bitterness.”

7 Replies to “overheard quote of the day”

  1. Yep, that sounds like a Texan.

    Yesterday I noticed that I was starting to develop a little accent. This, after trying my whole life to sound “unplace-able”.

    Must work harder.

  2. Ha! Bitterness so big, it has its own zip code. There was a country song in the ’90s called “All My Exes Live in Texas (Now I Live in Tennessee).”

    Cara–Come to the Philly ‘burbs and shed your accent. My sister and I were “unplace-able” but I noticed a few years after my sister moved to northern Virginia she started acquiring a subtle accent.

  3. MB’s brother lives in Australia — little wiener, so far away — and he’s definitely getting the accent. Whenever they come over, I find myself starting to get the accent too. (Uhm, partly because I want to, I really want to talk like my SIL.)

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