[sammyg2]

Most of my family was from southern New Mexico and West Texas area.
Many times i heard them say "El Paso is darn near Texas"!
Mom still has an accent, I never had one.

Coinky-dinkly, recently I was at the Flying Saucer Draught Emporium in Houston and after a couple hours I noticed my co-worker was talkin all funny like one of them thar california boys.