When I moved to Texas 50 year ago, I was told to become a Texan:

I should buy a $2000 pickup. Hang an unloaded Winchester thuty-thuty in

the rear winder. Put two bales of hay, two fence

posts, and some bobbed war in the pickup bed.

Buy a $500 pair of boots, a $250 belt buckle, a

$125 saddle and a $50 horse. Then I could call

myself a TEXAN!

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I relocated to Texas 42 years ago after 20 years in the Air Force and was not given any of that advice. I was just told to be a good citizen, not make waves for a while, and for Heaven's Sake don't say anything about how things were done anywhere else! I joined a local church and a local gun range and just let things develop. I've been very happy here and love my adopted state and city.

Texans are, by and large, not judgmental about a person's origins as long as they behave properly. They even have accepted me, who does not like football.

(I confess that in my early years in Texas I did get on a horse--twice--and I have a couple of "cowboy" hats, but seldom wear one. I also bought and drove a couple of pickup trucks, mostly for the delicious exhaust sounds of the 460 engines. Sadly, I don't have either of those any more. I also rode a Harley Davidson Sportster motorcycle for several years until sidelined by a bad accident in 1989.)

flashguy

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Originally posted by P220 Smudge:

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Originally posted by PKFan:
My favorite is the west TX town of Ysleta. Should be E-'slay-tuh. They pronounce it Why-suh-'lee-tuh.

"They" who? The locals don't. We pronounced it "eh-slettuh."

An old roommate of mine from El Paso had told me that. I hadn't had any reason not to take him at his word. I wonder what else from him I should question...

I had a female friend who was sort of wild, who’d use “I’ll be dipped in shit and fried on a stick” to express mild astonishment. She’s an attorney now.

And on the topic of pronunciation of town names:

Boerne= “Bernie”
Leakey= “Lake-ee”

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Originally posted by arfmel:
I had a female friend who was sort of wild, who’d use “I’ll be dipped in shit and fried on a stick” to express mild astonishment. She’s an attorney now.

And on the topic of pronunciation of town names:

Boerne= “Bernie”
Leakey= “Lake-ee”

Palestine = Palesteen.

flashguy

Houston = Youston.

Town of "Humble"= Umble.

Y’all’d’ve

This is a triple contraction of “You all would have.”

“We could’ve met y’all there if y’all’d’ve just waited.”

I joked about Texas, but I have friends there. When we lived in SE Colorado, we used to shop in Amarillo frequently; it’s one of my favorite towns—great people there who always treated us like family.

“Ya’ll”…..not “You all.”

When referring to some type of soda, it is not “pop”.

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Originally posted by arfmel:
I had a female friend who was sort of wild, who’d use “I’ll be dipped in shit and fried on a stick” to express mild astonishment. She’s an attorney now.

I don’t think I’ve heard that whole thing, but I heard “well, I’ll be dipped in shit” quite a bit in various rural parts of Texas.

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:
Houston = Youston.

The weirdos on that one are the New Yorkers.

Houston Street in Manhattan is “How-ston.”

Refugio = Ree fure ee oh
Mexia = Muh hay uh

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Originally posted by NavyAgShooter:
Refugio = Ree fure ee oh
Mexia = Muh hay uh

Bexar = Bear

San Antonio is not, and never will be, pronounced "San Antone" unless you are a liberal idiot from Austin.

Those same liberal idiots from Austin pronounce Guadalupe “Gwad-uh-LOOP.”

^^^^^^
Tell that to George Strait (San Antone part), who is 100% pure Texan.

"Chili don't have no beans in it"

It's pa cahn, not Pee can.

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Originally posted by HayesGreener:
"Chili don't have no beans in it"

Not just in TX, that's a universal truth!

I worked in Offshore Oil and Gas out of Galveston after I got out of the Navy. First boat I reported aboard asks me:
"Where youuuuu frommm boyyyy?" You surrreee got a funny haircut, you must be from Florida or California"

Texas has very talented dogs. As in:
"My DAWWWWG can make a better pot of coffee thannat."
"Goddamn, who taught you to scramble eggs? My DAWWG can cook a better breakfast!"

They view distances differently, stopped to ask directions to a restaurant at a gas station, girl behind the counter says: "You just continue down the road aways." How far? "Well, you ain't gonna run out of gas or nothin"

In Texas canoes and small boats don't capsize, they 'tump'
"Oh man, that canoe done tumped right over"