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<blockquote data-quote="Lastkidpicked" data-source="post: 229018" data-attributes="member: 237">Good to hear from you, Kenny!This summer I&#039;ve traveled more for my job more than usual and noticed the different accents.&nbsp; I would say that the &quot;deepness&quot; of the Texas drawls goes from deepest to mildest along these lines:In some of the smaller towns around Texas and Oklahoma, the drawl is deepest.&nbsp; I think this is because in these small towns they want to preserve their heritage. In some of the bigger cities, such as Houston, there is a Texas accent that is very noticeable but it is not the deep drawl you hear in the small towns.&nbsp; Larry Hagman and Linda Gray nailed the Houston accent perfectly in the refinery scene.For Patrick Duffy, remember that Dallas was not really correctly named.&nbsp; Houston is our oil center, and Dallas is our banking center.&nbsp; So in Dallas proper, we have people who moved here from all over the country and the Texas accent is diluted quite a bit.&nbsp; When you see scenes with Patrick Duffy at Southfork, and especially Patrick Duffy on a horse, he remembers to add in a mild accent and this is very close to how people speak inside the city.The idea of Patrick dropping the G seems more of an overall country feel than specifically Texan.&nbsp; Again, you&#039;ll notice he mostly does it filming Southfork scenes and scenes when he is on a horse. In this case, his accent is more of an overall attitude of adopting a slower pace and a more laid back way of speaking.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lastkidpicked, post: 229018, member: 237"] Good to hear from you, Kenny! This summer I've traveled more for my job more than usual and noticed the different accents. I would say that the "deepness" of the Texas drawls goes from deepest to mildest along these lines: In some of the smaller towns around Texas and Oklahoma, the drawl is deepest. I think this is because in these small towns they want to preserve their heritage. In some of the bigger cities, such as Houston, there is a Texas accent that is very noticeable but it is not the deep drawl you hear in the small towns. Larry Hagman and Linda Gray nailed the Houston accent perfectly in the refinery scene. For Patrick Duffy, remember that Dallas was not really correctly named. Houston is our oil center, and Dallas is our banking center. So in Dallas proper, we have people who moved here from all over the country and the Texas accent is diluted quite a bit. When you see scenes with Patrick Duffy at Southfork, and especially Patrick Duffy on a horse, he remembers to add in a mild accent and this is very close to how people speak inside the city. The idea of Patrick dropping the G seems more of an overall country feel than specifically Texan. Again, you'll notice he mostly does it filming Southfork scenes and scenes when he is on a horse. In this case, his accent is more of an overall attitude of adopting a slower pace and a more laid back way of speaking. [/QUOTE]

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