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The Okie Dialect is found mostly in rural Oklahoma
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
- Reba McEntire, Singer
Lexicon
Some words used in rural Oklahoma but not in many other American English dialects (or with different meanings) are:
- tump or tip over a container to empty the contents, (tah-uum-pah)
- wallered-out or , increase of a circumference (wah'-lurd-ah a-yo-tah)
- pertneer or , almost, (purt-neer)
- dasent or , dare not
Recordings of the Okie accent
- Characters: Will Parker, Ado Annie, in the Movie Oklahoma
References
Okie dictionary, ISBN:0965387410, Authors:Stoney Hardcastle. Publisher:Indian Nations Pub, 1995
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