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🤠 How to Do A Cowboy Voice (and Test It)

The Texan drawl stretches single vowels into two and takes its sweet time getting anywhere. The R's are strong and the delivery is relaxed, almost lazy.

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The line to say

“Well howdy partner, this town ain't big enough for the both of us.”

The judge scores how close you sound, whether you keep it up, your commitment, and whether you stick to the line. Up to 10 seconds, free, no sign-up.

How to do it

  1. Turn 'I' into a flat 'ah': 'Ah reckon', 'mah horse', 'tahm' for time.
  2. Stretch vowels into two parts, so 'here' becomes 'hee-yer' and 'well' becomes 'way-ul'.
  3. Talk slowly and pause before the important word, as if you are chewing it first.
  4. Let the sound come a little through the nose for twang, and drop the G in '-ing' words.

The most common mistake

Rushing; a drawl only works if you sound like you have all afternoon.

Warm up with this

“Ah reckon them clouds mean rain afore sundown, so saddle up quick.”

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