Talk Texan
Lexicons, Texas sayings, and tutorials teach you to speak like a true Texan. Sure, some of it is just for grins but we do have a few phrases and uncommon ways of using a word (uncommon to non-Texans) that might confuse the uninitiated. Learn how to decipher Texas-speak and Talk Like a Texan.
POLL: Do You Think a Texas Accent and Texas Sayings Make a Person Sound Uneducated?
1) Yes 2) No 3) Only certain politicians and talk show hosts
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POLL: Do You Think a Texas Accent and Texas Sayings Make a Person Sound Uneducated?
1) Yes 2) No 3) Only certain politicians and talk show hosts
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How to Talk Like a Texan in Austin
Step-by-step instructions to have you speaking ten words a second with gusts to fifty, quick as a hiccup. Ya'll fixin' ta talk like a real Texan real soon.
Not everyone appreciates the humor in this little ol' tutorial. Discuss it.
Step-by-step instructions to have you speaking ten words a second with gusts to fifty, quick as a hiccup. Ya'll fixin' ta talk like a real Texan real soon.
Not everyone appreciates the humor in this little ol' tutorial. Discuss it.
Armadillo - Texas Tawk
A lexicon of words and phrases common to Texas, Lone Star similes, Texas Sayings, and descriptive phrases.
A lexicon of words and phrases common to Texas, Lone Star similes, Texas Sayings, and descriptive phrases.
How to Act Like a Texan
Pamie teaches you how to fake being a Texan with some lessons in Texanisms and pronounciation.
Pamie teaches you how to fake being a Texan with some lessons in Texanisms and pronounciation.
Learning English
Not directly related but loved this quote: "if you're a Texan you talk like a Texan - you don't try and talk like a New Yorker."
Not directly related but loved this quote: "if you're a Texan you talk like a Texan - you don't try and talk like a New Yorker."
Stumpy's Favorite Texas Sayings
Here's a big list of colorful Texas language such as "Confused as a cow on astroturf" and "He's about as sharp as a mashed potato."
Here's a big list of colorful Texas language such as "Confused as a cow on astroturf" and "He's about as sharp as a mashed potato."
Talking Texas: Y'alls, Drawls, and Monophthongs
It's not tongue-in-cheek here. "...contrary to the predictions of old-school linguists, TV and urbanity aren’t entirely killing the Texas accent. Instead of losing their y’alls and drawls, many young people are keeping them, and using Texas dialect to express how they feel about life in an increasingly citified, multicultural state."
It's not tongue-in-cheek here. "...contrary to the predictions of old-school linguists, TV and urbanity aren’t entirely killing the Texas accent. Instead of losing their y’alls and drawls, many young people are keeping them, and using Texas dialect to express how they feel about life in an increasingly citified, multicultural state."
Tawkin' Teksun
This is Andrea's page of Texan Expressions.
This is Andrea's page of Texan Expressions.
Texas English
Among the findings in a a National Geographic Society survey of Texas speech: "Y'all and fixin' to were also spreading fast among newcomers within the state, they said, particularly those who regard Texas fondly. Use of the flat `I,' they found, also correlated strikingly to a favorable view of Texas."
Among the findings in a a National Geographic Society survey of Texas speech: "Y'all and fixin' to were also spreading fast among newcomers within the state, they said, particularly those who regard Texas fondly. Use of the flat `I,' they found, also correlated strikingly to a favorable view of Texas."
Texas Monthly - Texas Sayings
Here's a great collection of new and familiar phrases with explanations on the general origin of some our Texas-speak.
Here's a great collection of new and familiar phrases with explanations on the general origin of some our Texas-speak.
Texas Online - Talk Like a Texan
Test a few Texas-speak phrases.
Test a few Texas-speak phrases.
Texas Online - You Might Be a Texan If...
For those times when words aren't enough, how to act the part of a Texan.
For those times when words aren't enough, how to act the part of a Texan.
Texas Quotes
These are quotes by real Texans. OK, some are right darn embarrassing. Others are laughable. Some make you go "huh?"
These are quotes by real Texans. OK, some are right darn embarrassing. Others are laughable. Some make you go "huh?"
Texas Sayings
From Anne Digus' More Colorful Texas Sayings Than You Can Shake a Stick at, some are quite familiar.
From Anne Digus' More Colorful Texas Sayings Than You Can Shake a Stick at, some are quite familiar.
Top 11 Pithy Texas Sayings
OK, these are a mix of what some folks call Bushisms and sayings aimed at President Bush.
OK, these are a mix of what some folks call Bushisms and sayings aimed at President Bush.
What is the Major Sign of a Texas Accent?
Texans and non-Texans chime in on y'all, pretty, and Texas pronounciations.
Texans and non-Texans chime in on y'all, pretty, and Texas pronounciations.