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Texas Sayings

Anne Dingus teaches you to talk Texan.

by Anne Dingus

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Monday, January 16th, 2012, 2:18 pm
Robin says:
Married to a fifth generation Texan, I can tell you that he could have put this article to shame all by himself. Faster than a dog can lick, well his backside, my hubby can roll out the southern quotes! For a magazine meant to represent the Lone Star state, this one just fell short.

Saturday, November 26th, 2011, 9:32 pm
terry heller says:
I agree with Trey--as a 5th gen Texan that list of expressions was about as thin as the hair on a hog’s backside. Most of the true Texas expressions in use out there are far more clever and have some kind of native wisdom thrown in... sayings like ’’you can put’cher boots in the oven but it don’t make ’em biscuits’’...

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010, 9:38 am
Houston Hodges says:
I heard the "rent out Texas and live in hell" ascribed to George Bannerman Dealy, publisher of the Dallas Times-Herald, in a 50-year-old book on Texas talk, the title to which has eroded from memory. How about "cute as pie crust"?

Monday, May 3rd, 2010, 10:46 pm
Marie says:
"He/she is so dumb he/she can’t find his butt with both hands and a search warrant." One of my favorites.

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010, 8:00 pm
Trey says:
Some of those were new ones one me, but the list left me feeling a little disappointed. Being a third Gen. Texan, and having spent some quality time studyin up on such things there are more sayins out there than fleas on a coyote.

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