Y'all Keep Prayin' Now!

A new study says that Texans are losing their twang. The apostle urges us not to lose our own distinctive language, i.e. the language of prayer.

Texas is losing its twang. That's right, the Lone Star State's famous drawl, which was once as much a part of Texas culture and identity as longhorn cattle and reverence for the Alamo, is quickly disappearing.

For example, according to Lars Hinrichs, a linguistics professor at the University of Texas, at one time 80% of Texans interviewed by university researchers had traditional Texas accents, ranging from the East Texas drawl made famous by Matthew McConaughey to the nasal West Texas Twang of Laura Bush. But now, according to Hinrichs, just a third of research subjects have a measurable Texas dialect.

The factors that play into the disappearance of the Texas dialect are many, but the biggest culprit is likely the pervasive influence of pop-culture via modern technology. A small town in Texas was once a relatively closed system, the perfect place for twang to percolate and drawl to develop. But that same town is now loaded with teenagers and twenty-somethings who keep up with their...