Talk Like a Texan: Feeder Roads
What do you call that little road next to the great big freeway?
Articles by John Lomax
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Talk Like a Texan: The Pronunciation of Bowie Knife, Jim Bowie, and David Bowie
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Talk Like a Texan: The Story Behind the Houstonian “Feeder Road”
One of the last markers of the Houstonian dialect dates back to the Southern Pacific Railroad.
