Just caught up to this thread... funny.
I'm a 5th generation native Texan, so I have a few opinions on how to talk Texan, which is not necessarily the same as southern.
I'm gonna hav'ta disagree with the opinion most of y'all seem to have about the phrase "fixin to." That is commonly used here and is quite proper for a Texan to say.
In fact, I'm fixin to go to lunch.
This is a little EXAGGERATED but close to home...
http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Texas/talk.html *****
Never ask a man if he's from Texas. If he is, he'll tell you on his own. If he ain't, no need to embarrass him.
They say Texas is like a whole other country... and The Republic of Texas WAS a sovereign nation before joining the United States.
