On Tuesday, April 11, 2006 @ 11:57 PM, kai wrote:
On Tuesday 11 April 2006 04:32 pm, James Knott wrote:
Actually, there are many areas of Europe and elsewhere, where national borders include populations that are from neighbouring contries. IIRC, there's even a piece of Italy on the Swiss side of a border lake. Also, at one time there was some English territory in France, in addition to the channel islands. Even the United States, includes a place called "Texas". ;-)
Which is technically pronounced, "te-haas," as it is/was a Mexican state before it became a republic.
I'm not quite sure what language they speak there in "te-hass" as I can't understand them for the life of me.
-- kai - www.perfectreign.com
As a native Texan, I do find that certain provincials have trouble understanding the more pure English dialect spoken in Texas. Those of a more cosmopolitan persuasion have less difficulty. In all seriousness, it harkens back to what part of Europe the original inhabitants came from, etc. As with any spoken dialect, it's a commingling of what the original inhabitants spoke and the influence of those they came in contact with along the way. It's not a pure invention. Personally, having lived in Texas, Louisianna, Nova Scotia, and Alaska, as well as inter-mingling with all of the transplants in each of these places, I have, I have been told by my relatives, developed a "different way of speaking". This is a good example of the influence one's surrounding culture has on one. Greg Wallace