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The '''Okie Dialect''' is found mostly in rural ]

===Twang===
The Okie Accent is largely characterized by a twang which is the pronunciation of a word with elongated vowels and adding of extra syllables to increase the length of the sound of the words which serve to create a drawl. i.e., the word "get" would be stretched out in a complex but subtle pronunciation of "gee-ut-ah", someone unfamiliar with the dialect or not listening closely would hear simply "git".


== Well-known people with an Okie accent==
* ], Singer


== Lexicon ==
Some words used in rural Oklahoma but not in many other American English dialects (or with different meanings) are:

* ''] '' or ''tip over a container to empty the contents, (tah-uum-pah)
* ''] '' or '', increase of a circumference (wah'-lurd-ah)
* ''] '' or '', almost, (wah'-lurd-ah)
* ''] '' or '', dare not


== Recordings of the Okie accent ==
* Characters: Will Parker, Ado Annie, in the Movie ''Oklahoma''


== References ==
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*(Okie Dictionary).

Okie dictionary, ISBN:0965387410, Authors:Stoney Hardcastle. Publisher:Indian Nations Pub, 1995

{{English dialects}}

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