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We recently asked what words you pronounce with a Texan twang and got plenty of answers.
Ron N. offered "ceement not cement."
Taylor B. pronounces Whataburger as "Waterburger" and Pedernales as "Perdinales."
"Nekked for naked" is a classic Texas pronunciation, says reader Pat M.
Patti K. likes "Jeet yet?" Translation: Did you eat yet?
Finally, Katie B. recalls that when the term "y'all" came up, "a senior leader from New Jersey" said "it sounded uneducated."