British Guy Reacts to The Texas Black Accent Decoded | This Is CRAZY To Me!!

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[00:00:00]Okay, my London reacts fam, welcome back to the channel, man. We're back, man, with another another accent linguistic video. You guys liked my New York hood uh hood accent video.

[00:00:10]There was quite a lot of opinions on it, quite a lot of uh quite a lot of interesting insights that you guys gave me. Um different opinions on it and overall, the consensus was that it was an interesting video and that um you know, that it it it doesn't necessarily vary by borough, but more by cultural influences. That's what I gathered from that as the takeaway.

[00:00:31]Um but I personally enjoyed learning about it. I and you know, I don't take everything I hear in all the videos as ultimate fact and ultimate truth.

[00:00:39]Obviously, I know that there's subjectivity to each of it and um you know, I mean, ultimately, the the lesson is to learn. You know, the goal is to learn rather.

[00:00:49]So, that's what we're here for, man, and I enjoy learning. I enjoy learning about different areas, different states, different parts of American culture. So, you know, we're back with another recommendation today. We're checking out Texas. Specifically, Texas black accents. So, I think when I think Texas black accents, the only person that really comes to mind, probably due to recency bias, is um Big X.

[00:01:13]He's one, for sure.

[00:01:14]I mean, he's got that funny video where he's like, "How do you say How do you say Texas in German?"

[00:01:20]That's that's always That's going That's an old-timer.

[00:01:24]He doesn't uh He hasn't been a That doesn't represent America greatly when it comes to to education, let's say.

[00:01:30]But um who else I'm trying to think who else is who I know that's black and from Texas?

[00:01:36]I'm going to have to rely on them to give me some examples, but overall, I'm here to learn. I'm here to hear the differences uh in their accents. You guys like it when I give my my impersonations of an accent. So, uh stay tuned. I will be doing it. I will give it. And uh hopefully you guys hopefully you guys appreciate it and you guys you guys think I don't let you down or don't cringe you out too much. But yeah, before we do get into this video, make sure you guys are hitting that subscribe button, you know, joining the family, keeping the keeping the channel growing, you know, let's get to let's get to 10K. That's all I'm asking for. And make sure you guys are hitting that like button as well, man. Hit the like button. Let's keep growing. Let's feed the algorithm.

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[00:02:19]But yeah, without further ado, let's go ahead let's go ahead and check it out.

[00:02:22]Obviously, I know this is a British guy as well, so a lot of you don't like it, but he seems to be very relatable, very easy to understand.

[00:02:31]Um but yeah, of course, as always, I'm always open to recommendations. Make sure you guys drop it in the comments.

[00:02:36]Let me know who else you would like to see me react to on this channel when it comes to linguistics, when it comes to anything about your state, you know, anything America related. That's what this channel's about, man. So, let's keep pushing, keep recommending, and we will get to it. But without further ado, let's jump into it, man. Shout out Texas as well. If you've ever heard a black Texan speak and thought, "Damn, that sounds different." You're not imagining it. I ain't trying to make friends with them, homie.

[00:03:00]Charleston White's from Texas. I didn't even know that.

[00:03:03]He's got a funny accent, I ain't going to lie. Him speak I ain't trying I You guys stay tuned for the accent. That's all I'm going to say. That sounds different. You're not imagining it. I ain't trying to make friends with them, homie.

[00:03:14]They ain't They got super disrespect.

[00:03:16]Name me a rap LYRIC THAT'S RESPECTFUL.

[00:03:20]NAME me some music that these make that's respectful. I know He's a real-life Uncle Ruckus. Hey hey.

[00:03:27]Check out the Patreon, man, and and even on YouTube. It gets there later, but it will get there. Check it out, man. I got Boondocks reactions going on live right now, season 2. That's what we're on.

[00:03:36]They go demand some respect when they some of the most disrespectful mother to the black woman we ever seen.

[00:03:45]How? The Texas accent is one of the most distinctive and arguably coolest accents in the United States. Today, we're breaking down why the black Texan accent is so unique, where it comes from, and why it sounds so different to other black American accents. So, quick disclaimer, I'm not saying that all black Texans sound the same, but there are enough generalities to be able to make a video like this. In this video, we're going to be focusing on common themes that [clears throat] you're likely to hear amongst black folks in Texas. Let's get into it. To understand the accent, we have to understand the people.

[00:04:15]Beyoncé's from Texas.

[00:04:17]Who's this again? Is this um >> [sighs and gasps] >> What's her name?

[00:04:24]Uh the one that got shot, right? Meg the Stallion.

[00:04:27]So, she's from Texas, Beyoncé's from Texas.

[00:04:30]Is this Kimmie?

[00:04:32]Is that Kimmie?

[00:04:34]I don't know.

[00:04:35]I don't know who this is. I don't know who this is. I don't know who these are.

[00:04:39]I don't actually know who any of the rest of these are. That That might be poor for me. This is um I don't know.

[00:04:46]You guys are going to slay me in the comments. But I definitely didn't know Beyoncé was from Texas. Fair enough.

[00:04:51]Texas has one of the most complex black histories in the country. Before Texas was Texas, native peoples like the Caddo and Karankawa lived on the land. Early African presence in the region actually begins during Spanish colonization when early enslaved Africans arrived through New Spain before Texas was ever part of the United States. See, I don't know any of the Texan history. So, that's that's very intriguing. So, was Texas one of the first states to have indigenous black people already?

[00:05:17]Um you know, I would love to delve into some of the history of uh history Why did I say later? Some of the history of um of America, you know, whether that's black, whether that's just any history in general. I don't even know I don't even know how the British Revolution, you know, how that happened. That's not something that gets taught over here.

[00:05:34]So, um yeah, I definitely would like to get into into the history side of things as well. Drop some good videos for me to to learn, you know, I don't want to I don't want to come across as What's the word?

[00:05:49]What's the word I'm looking for? I don't want to come across as um ignorant, you know? I I'm here to learn with in in any capacity that means. So, yeah, drop a comment. Let me know what other videos historically I can check out to even just educate and make sure I come across you know, respectfully on these videos.

[00:06:06][clears throat] But yeah, this is a this is a good lesson for me.

[00:06:09]After I will say though, a lot of you have already commented on my um my marching band videos and you know, very strongly opinionated with regards to the fact that you feel no connection with Africa, which is totally fine. Some of you say you do feel connection with Africa.

[00:06:25]I guess it depends on your own lineage and you know, your own generations and where they came from and stuff like that. So, I totally understand that side of things. I have been reading all of the comments and you know, getting up to speed and understanding you guys' perspective on things. So, um yeah, by no means am I saying that you guys are all dependent When I say you guys all black people in America are descendants of African people. That's That's not what I'm saying. So, yeah, I'm not ignorant to that fact, but I definitely have a lot to learn. So, make sure you guys let me know in the comments what videos I can check out to keep learning. Executing independence from Spain in 1821, Texas became part of Mexico. Slavery existed, but Mexico officially abolished it in 1829. This matters because when Anglo settlers later flooded into Texas, they brought US chattel slavery with them, creating cultural tension between Mexican law and American practice. Enslaved Africans came largely from the deep south, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. But Texas' size and isolation allowed black communities to develop more independently. After emancipation, Juneteenth, which originated in Texas, marked the late freedom that shaped black identity here differently from elsewhere. Then came Jim Crow, segregation, and lots of racial tension.

[00:07:36]Despite I learned about Jim Crow. We learned about those those segregations in in history, of course, so I have an understanding of that. I don't really know what Juneteenth is. So, maybe I need to do a video on Juneteenth. Let me know in the comments what um what video I can I can learn from that.

[00:07:51]But yeah, I didn't even know that Texas was part of Mexico. That's crazy.

[00:07:55]During the Great Migration, many black Texans stayed rather than moving north.

[00:07:59]While others migrated west to California, exporting that Texas black accent beyond the state. Post Civil Rights into the modern era, Texas black speech continues to evolve while maintaining some key features, some of which we're going to discuss now. The first feature that we're going to discuss is that southern drawl and slower tempo. Texas [music] black speech blends black American vernacular with relaxed southern cadence, smoother vowels, measured pacing, and a deliberate rhythm. Speech can be slower overall, but key words are emphasized sharply, especially during storytelling.

[00:08:29]I know when you hungry, man. Ain't no food in the house. And then at the same time, you seeing that flourishing around you in the same environment. They flourishing. How they do that? It's a couple It's a lot of essays over here, none too though. Okay. Yeah. I ain't going to lie. I missed you, man. Yeah, but it's all good.

[00:08:47]But there's been more increasing over the years, like >> Yeah, they coming over here buying the houses. They're the ones who who renovating the house. It's very similar to a Memphis accent, you know, in in my opinion. Are they are they next to each other? Are they close?

[00:09:00]You know, they be telling you know, the houses and and uh you know, it's very her I'm not explaining it. That's how I hear it, you know, that's how I hear it. So, don't take insult to that.

[00:09:11]The second feature that we're going to discuss is vowel elongation. You can hear it with words like ride, time, and man. [music] You may hear ride, time, or man. Listen to these key That's how Boosie be saying it, man.

[00:09:24]Man.

[00:09:26]Man, play that play don't be trying to pay me my rent that's due, man.

[00:09:30]That was a terrible depiction. GIFs, which do a much better job of illustrating this point. And as a curvy woman, are there times when you actually like to be skinny or wish that you As a curvy woman, are there times are there times when you actually prefer to be skinnier skin That was a terrible skin skinnier?

[00:09:49]were smaller and toned down certain body parts.

[00:09:53]You could tell the difference between Houston and Dallas, man, cuz we say there, here. They say der, her. I'm from Houston. There, there, her. They say der, her.

[00:10:05]Instead of Instead of saying house, I am. They say house. Yo, bro, you can go to choir right now, bro. You down? What time it start? 35, fam. We about to leave right now.

[00:10:17]>> Yes, bro.

[00:10:18]>> Oh, [ __ ] We about to go down. The third feature is pretty common amongst Black American English speakers, and it's the dropping of the final consonant. Take a word like cold, you may hear cole. We do this as well in the UK. I've mentioned it in another video, which you can find up here. I've also mentioned it in another video where I talk about the Atlanta hood accent. [clears throat] I'll link that up here. But in essence, final hard consonants are typically dropped in Texas. He passed away. Hello.

[00:10:42]Hello. Hello. Yes. Yes, I do. I just haven't done them in a while, like the hotties just be hugging on me.

[00:10:48]>> [laughter] >> They be hugging on me. They be pulling on me. They be like, "Megan, can you touch my butt?" And I'll be like, "Well, no.

[00:10:56]Sometimes I do it if you ask, just cuz that's what you want to do for the picture. The fourth So, she speaks very proper, but also you can see it, you know, she slips Not slips, but that's the cadence. That's the way she talks, you know, she drops a lot of the letters, which is similar to what we do over here. You know, you probably hear me say words and I don't I don't pronounce it properly, or you hear, you know, war. We don't pronounce the r in war basically ever, and you guys always mock it. A bottle of water.

[00:11:20]But, yeah. It's very very interesting.

[00:11:23]feature is a distinct pitch pattern.

[00:11:25]Texas Black speakers often use wider pitch movement, rising and falling tones that add emphasis, emotion, and personality. Listen to this clip, which illustrates this point.

[00:11:35]>> But, this is the thing.

[00:11:37]Even though like our great grand you know, grandmothers and they they live a certain way, times have changed. So, it's on us to reprogram ourselves and not be brainwashed by what they try to tell us, "Oh, you can't you know, be successful if you don't go to college, or you can't do this. You can't start out being a CEO. I did it." The fifth feature is confidence and directness. Texas Black speech often carries a calm authority, not rushed, not apologetic, just said plainly and with confidence. 100%. I feel like I feel like that's the way with a lot of American accents in general, you know, I feel like especially over here, that's the perception we have of Americans, full stop, is that everything they say is with a confidence, with um with emphasis, with enthusiasm.

[00:12:23]They all have their own differences, their own nuances, but the way that we hear it is that you all have really good confidence. You all have super energetic, super controlled the way you speak, ranges, the tones, you know, you really sound like you mean every word that you say.

[00:12:43]Whereas here, I feel like a lot of us just speak monotone. You guys have probably heard me reacting in videos.

[00:12:48]There's certain times where Like for example, this video, I'm probably speaking a lot of ranges and a lot of tones, and you know, I may be sound a bit more energetic, whereas there's other times where in videos I'm just If I'm not really in that mood, I'm not really, you know, sort of >> [sighs] >> you know, an enthusiastic mood, I might just sound monotone throughout the whole reaction, or I might just sound very chilled. You know, I don't really know how you guys perceive my accent, but I definitely feel I speak very differently to Americans. I feel like you guys are very very good at ranging your voices, and you know, putting emphasis on certain words and stuff like that. That's the perception we have over here. I'm sure you guys have a basic perception of ours and stuff like that, so.

[00:13:28]Well, man, right now we in We in Fifth Ward. Now, I'm a PA. I'm a pull up, so I ain't from Houston, but I got a universal pass, so you know, we going We going to go We going to hit a lot of different hoods today. A lot of this [ __ ] can't do that. Y'all want to That can. Right now we in Fifth Ward. We just chilling on the corner right now.

[00:13:46]We off Waco and Chen. And just happy that you know, we really are doing another album together.

[00:13:51]>> What's the feeling of this album?

[00:13:53]Well, we still figuring out. We did about 14 songs, and we can't wait till next week so we can pick the ones that we love. So, still, you know, I guess we'll call it We about 60% done, but it's a lot more street, a lot more urban. So, the sixth component is a unique r pronunciation.

[00:14:14]Sometimes the final r is dropped, and sometimes it's retained. Take a word like brother or mother, that final r will be dropped. However, with words like there, here, and here, you're going to hear that final r. Listen to these clips, which do a much better job of illustrating this point.

[00:14:31]This lady told me in the store earlier that I sound country as hell. Told me in the store earlier. Yeah, that's See, it's store and earlier.

[00:14:42]They both dropped it. But that's how I would hear on a Texas accent. I'd be like, "They in the store. They in the store talking about talking about y'all can't come in here."

[00:14:50]What do you mean I can't come in here?

[00:14:52]See, they drop it. That's how I perceive it. But let me hear them say it with the r now.

[00:14:57]And I don't know if I should be offended by it or not, cuz we in Texas. How am I supposed to?

[00:15:05]Cuz now I'm really thinking about it like, "Damn, do I got an accent?" She beautiful. Me being from the South and me being country, um I mean, yeah, I'm from Dallas, but I think it's more of like a a little twang, right? Okay, so I'm finna go over there.

[00:15:23]I'm finna get my hair done.

[00:15:24]I'm finna go to Sephora.

[00:15:26]I'm finna go over there. I'm finna go over there. I'm finna get my hair done.

[00:15:31]Okay, so your mama Okay, cut the air on.

[00:15:35]Where is your daddy? Cut the what?

[00:15:38]Hold on. Okay, so your mama Okay, cut the air on. What does that mean?

[00:15:43]Cut the air on.

[00:15:46]What she saying? Cut the hair Cut the hair on? Cut the air on?

[00:15:49]Cut the air on.

[00:15:51]I don't even know what this sentence means. Someone let me know.

[00:15:54]Where is your daddy? Okay, are you going to get your hair done or what? Notice the difference in the final r pronunciation depending on the word. Let me know what you think about this feature down in the comments below.

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[00:16:26]Key words and phrases that you're likely to hear in Texas. The first is for [ __ ] show. For [ __ ] show. [ __ ] show. You know, [music] like you going to do that?

[00:16:34]Yeah, I am. For [ __ ] show. For [ __ ] show. Or like I'll be like, "Man, you look good." I'll be like, "Man, appreciate you. [ __ ] show, baby."

[00:16:39]The second is hoe. Hoe means the hoe is lit. The hoe is live. That's a place, object, person, whatever you want it to be. The hoe is heavy. The third is naw I'm saying. Somebody going to ask me, "Why you I heard that I heard it a lot in general. Naw I'm saying? Naw I'm saying?

[00:16:56]Baby, even people be saying that [ __ ] over here.

[00:16:59]I don't know why. talk like that. Naw I'm saying? I'm from Texas. You know what I'm saying? The fourth is y'all.

[00:17:07]The more that I grow up, Ain't Ain't y'all a fully American phrase anyway? I thought you guys say that everywhere.

[00:17:14]I ain't going to lie. My nan's got nieces, so she be saying that [ __ ] in general. She be saying y'all all the time. So, I've grown up hearing that.

[00:17:23]the more that I realize that.

[00:17:25]Yeah, Texans be shortening their words.

[00:17:27]>> that. Like we got so many words that just got shortened for some reason.

[00:17:31]Everybody from Texas say y'all. I ain't even going to hold you. I didn't even realize that everybody not from Texas didn't say y'all. The fifth is partner.

[00:17:37]PARTNER. THAT'S MY PARTNER THERE. YOU FEEL ME? THE SIXTH is wool kicks. You come around here with fake shoes? You know what I'm saying? Them hoes fake. We going to ask you, "You got them hoes from Big T?" Or we going to BE LIKE, "YOU GOT ON SOME WOOL KICKS."

[00:17:50]WOOL KICKS. I'VE NEVER heard that phrase, wool kicks. Wool kicks is fake.

[00:17:53]Okay.

[00:17:54]The seventh is bid. I'm from Dallas, man. We say bid after every sentence. I say bid. You want some food? I got you, bid, on God. The eighth is slab. So, the meaning of slab >> [music] >> historically is a vintage vehicle, or a vehicle that is being restored to the point where you have brand new candy paint, >> [music] >> you have brand new leather. So, it's about a car? It's about a vehicle? The ninth I've never heard the word slab.

[00:18:19]I'm going to have to hear somebody say that in a sentence.

[00:18:21]I need to understand what's the context of how that's how that's said.

[00:18:25]What's the slab?

[00:18:27]How you slab it? I don't know.

[00:18:30]But partner, that's definitely something I've heard from from those southern states. It's already. Already. Already.

[00:18:36][music] I didn't heard it since I was a baby back in '99. Already.

[00:18:42]Already. And the tenth is talking about >> Talking about I think it is so funny that people that are not from Houston know like some of our sayings, but it's hilarious cuz like when people be like, "You know what I'm talking about?" Like they like, "No, I don't know what you're talking about." Like Well, I don't know what to tell you, baby, cuz that's just how we talk down here. I don't know. Yeah, I've heard about half of them phrases, and um yeah, I don't know. If I heard it, it'd be normal. I wouldn't I wouldn't It's not weird for me to hear it.

[00:19:12]Obviously, I We don't talk like that over here. Certain words, maybe.

[00:19:15]Um But yeah, it's more of a thing where we'd hear it, but not say it, if you know what I mean. But I I I didn't know that a lot of them were just specific to Texas. Maybe a lot of the content I've heard is from South, and that's why I probably thought or generalized a lot of those phrases for America.

[00:19:33]I still think y'all A lot of A lot of states say y'all.

[00:19:36]Maybe I'm wrong. You guys let me know in the comments, but But yeah, a lot of them I didn't know was specific to only Texas.

[00:19:43]Now, I know what some of you are thinking. These words and phrases are also used in other parts of America, and you're absolutely right. I'm not saying that these things are exclusive to Texas. What I am [music] saying are that these are things that you're likely to hear in Texas. What would be interesting to know, however, [music] is what you guys think about the accent discussed in this video down in the comments below.

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[00:20:04]All right, this is a very interesting video, man. As always, very informative, very educational.

[00:20:09]Um and of course, always subjective or objective, rather. So, um yeah, good to understand, good to get his opinion on it, and you know, to a certain extent, learn a bit about the Texas history and how this vernacular came to be.

[00:20:25]So, yeah, man, hopefully you guys enjoyed this video, you know what I'm saying?

[00:20:29]And uh you know, I want you I want you guys to feel like you've gained something from this video, whether that's an understanding of how [ __ ] be from over here and how we speak for [ __ ] show, you know what I'm saying? And uh >> [laughter] >> uh at the very least, hopefully you've taken away a bit of a cringe feeling from this.

[00:20:50]Um and a bit of my, you know, a bit of my twang and the way that I perceive or say some [ __ ] You know, and and how I would how I would say that you guys sound in my personal opinion.

[00:21:04]Um but yeah, I enjoyed this video, man, and if you guys liked it, hopefully you guys drop a like on the video, hit that subscribe button, and drop a comment and let me know what else to check out on the next video. Maybe we'll go ahead and do the Atlanta the Atlanta accent. If I'm being honest, that sounds a lot like mumbling, so that should be an interesting That should be an interesting one to look for.

[00:21:23]But yeah, that's all for this video, you know what I'm saying? Make sure you guys like and comment Like the comment Like the video. Drop a comment, and I'll see you guys on the next one. Now I'm done, man.

[00:21:33]Peace.