Talk Like a Texan
December 3, 2018
Talk Like a Texan: This One’s for All Y’All
Simply put, “y’all” is the best way in the English language to address more than one person, and we speak to a linguist who argues the same.
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Talk Like a Texan
October 31, 2018
Talk Like a Texan: Let’s Chaw the Rag
In our latest episode, we explore uniquely Texan sayings that make us happy as a clam in high tide.
Talk Like a Texan
September 24, 2018
Talk Like a Texan: Manchaca or Manshack? Guadalupe or Guadaloop?
In our latest podcast, we explore the sometimes messy but always rewarding collision of Spanish and English in the Lone Star State.
Talk Like a Texan
August 28, 2018
Talk Like a Texan: What Do You Call Your Grandparents?
Is it Mammaw and Pappaw? Oma and Opa? Abuelo and abuela? Or something else entirely?
Talk Like a Texan
July 27, 2018
Talk Like a Texan: Feeder Roads
What do you call that little road next to the great big freeway?
Talk Like a Texan
July 12, 2018
There Are Six Ways to Say ‘Pecan,’ But Only One That’s Right
In the inaugural episode of our new Talk Like a Texan podcast, we explore the proper pronunciation of our state nut.
Texas History
March 8, 2018
Talk Like a Texan: To Chunk, or to Chuck?
Welcome to chunking territory.
Being Texan
March 1, 2018
Talk Like a Texan: The Pronunciation of Bowie Knife, Jim Bowie, and David Bowie
A pronunciation investigation involving two Bowie men known for living large.
Being Texan
February 27, 2018
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.
Texas History
February 16, 2018
Talk Like a Texan: What Do We Mean By “Fair to Middlin’ ”?
It's better than good—at least if you're talking about cotton quality.
Texas History
February 6, 2018
Talk Like a Texan: How Texans Use “Down,” “Out,” “Over,” and “Up”
Prepositionally, you can go over or out to Abilene—depending on where you're coming from.
The Daily Post
December 4, 2017
Talk Like a Texan: Is “Tumping” Texan?
An etymological investigation into the Southern phrase.
The Daily Post
June 25, 2015
Embrace Y’all, Y’all
An increasing number of Texans seem to think it’s sophisticated to call a group of people “you guys.” It’s not.
Critters
April 29, 2015
They Are Called Doodlebugs, Dang It
A rant about the proper Southeast Texas name for the little armadillo-like critters in our backyards.