I am from Dallas, tho' a Panhandle girl by birth. Texan, Charleslex, Future1966, HotSauce, NanaC ??? Born and bred? Others?? are you from Texas, and if so, what part? You (we) know you're from Texas if: 1. You measure distance in minutes, not miles. 2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day. 3. Stores don't have bags; they have sacks. 4. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: I am fixing to go to the store. 5.You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good chili weather. 6. All the festivals across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal. 7. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop ... it's a Coke, regardless of brand or flavor. 8. The local paper covers national and international news on one page but requires 6 pages for local gossip and sports. 9. You know whether another Texan is from east, west, north or south Texas as soon as they open their mouth. 10.There is a Dairy Queen in every town with a population of 1000 or more. 11. Going to Walmart is a favorite past-time known as "goin-wal-martin" or off to "Wally World." Texas has 5 seasons: Spring, Feb 16 to April 15 Summer, April 16 to July 15 (temp 90 to 98 degrees) Super summer, July 16 to Sept 10 (temp 100 to 115 degrees) Summer, Sept. 11 to Oct 1 (temp 90 to 98 degrees) Fall, Oct 2 to Dec. 1 Winter Dec. 2 to Feb 15. The wind blows at 90 MPH from Oct. 2 until June 25, then it stops totally until Oct 2. other guidelines to Texas 1. Please, ENJOY YOUR VISIT. You might even like us so well you'll want to stay. But, if not, well, there are interstates running all ways acrossTexas:north,south, east and west. JUST PICK ONE and head on out. You can drive 20plus hours and still be in state, Brownsville to Texline. 2.Armadillos do sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air. 3. Roadrunners in Texas don't say "Beep Beep" 4.There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in Texas. 5.There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in Texas, plus a couple no one's seen before. 6. Nothing will kill a mesquite tree. 7.You cannot find a country road without a curve from corner to corner. 8. When you live in the country, you don't have to buy a dog. City people drop them off at your gate in the middle of the night. 9. Coldbeer is one word. 10,People actually grow and eat okra cuz they like it. 11. Texans really don't have an accent. Y'all take care,
maggie- My mother was born and reared in San Angelo (West Texas) and my daughter lives in Dallas. You forgot to mention their favorite upscale department store...Needless Markup! clc
I'm from New York. Brooklyn to be exact. Lived there for almost two decades. Still have the accent. We're the folks who put the letter 'R' in places it doesn't belong. For instance, Whenever I'm talking to someone about a 'law' I say 'lore'. We also (sometimes) change the 'T's' in a word to 'D's'. We're good for stuff like that. Oh, that and making pizza.
El Paso - born and raised.....yup... Throws people off cuz we have NO drawl, none, nada...except for the word "Ya'll" and Maggie's list is 100% right..Coke is all carbonated drinks. Pop is something that Dr. Seuss wrote about...as in "Hop on Pop"...and one of the only cities in the state to go Democrat wholeheartedly in the last president thing... ...graduated from UTEP..better known as Harvard on the Border...University of Texas at El Paso. Take away my Mexican food and I'll kill ya! And, the only place with enough, um, guts (not the word I was thinking) to have a hockey team with the stupid name of The Buzzards and actually promote them with that name. Actually, and this is the truth, had a big discussion about whether they would change the name to the Cow Patties....I kid you not. Yup, proud of my home...ROFL.. P.S.. The rest of Texas does NOT, I repeat, DOES NOT claim us and thinks we are part of Mexico.
more NanaC, we also might explain that there are different styles of Mexican food in Texas, as well as different versions of what we call "Tex-Mex". And that stuff that's in the frozen section of the grocery store labelled as "Mexican food" truly does NOT fall into the category of food that we live and die by. BTW, we may be close to same age...I am old enough to have cooked fajitas before they were cool --$1.09 a lb. and known only as beef skirt. I am TAMU former student, as you might guess. I was in ElPaso only once, passing through, but stayed with a friend and saw the University there. Great campus!
New York accents are so cool! My 1st hand experience with New York - the Bronx at midnight in a semi delivering some groceries to this HUGE warehouse place.
When it rains it pours. As of last Thursday, San Antonio was having its 4th driest June ever. By Sunday we had 10+ inches. Today is July 1st and we have broken the all-time July rainfall record 9+ inches and still pouring. One law in Texas, never say you have too much rain, because it may not rain for a coupla months. Charlie
to clc and Charlie clc, do you visit Dallas? or are you like my mom and grandmother? They live in Texas Panhandle and claim it's too hot and too humid to visit Dallas after May or before October. ( I don't think they have ever been to Houston in the summer !) When I was raised in the Panhandle (yes, Charlie, "raised" sounds right to me. "Reared" would sound funny..) I had always seen the term "humidity" on the weather on one of the three TV stations, with one of those single digit numbers tacked beside it. I didn't really know what it meant, as I had only visited Amarillo and Lubbock at that time. Followed my boyfriend down to A&M, enrolled sight unseen (true love, you know) and we left at 6am. Got down to College Station at 4PM in afternoon, opened car door, and thought I had arrived in hell, due to sweltering moisture that hit me like a wet rag.) Oh, well...humidity there was still not bad compared to Houston.
Howdy neighbor....I am a native Dallasite(sounds strange to people I meet & tell that), & they are shocked that I am still here. Sister Girl
Well I am a small-town girl. If you have traveled from Austin to Houston you have driven right through my town, Giddings. Ya'll(using my Texan language) forgot to mention BAR-B-QUE and BEANS!! That's what Texas is also known for, with all the bar-b-que cook offs that take place at the fairs.
Lived in Richardson 4 - 6th grades. Moved back in 1994. Left for SC 2000. I love Texas, just an unstable market for computer professionals! 17 yr old daughter is going back next year to attend UNT. At least I will have an excuse to visit!
Born in Lake Charles, La. and raised in Houston. Being from La. our motto is "if it breathes we'll eat it" My 2 year old was munching on hog crackings last nite(if u have to ask what it is, best i don't tell ya) Went I went to Air Force and to travel with a bottle of tabassco sauce. Hardest thing for me to get used of was not eating rice with every meal. From when I was born tell 17!! It is against the law to sell a car w/o a/c in Houston. Northerners going outside at noon time in Houston has killed more than the atomic bomb. You would have to kill me to get me to move elsewhere!!
I'm in the DFW area (Arlington) also Maggie.....but let me go ahead and put it out there I am original from Texarkana. That is the twin city--Texarkan, Tx and Texarkana, Ar......you can stand in two states at one time ......yeehaw )
Re: more Hey Maggie 75! I'm Class of '86 Texas A & M, Howdy! I, too, am a native Texan. Grew up in the beautiful, ocean side community of Rockport, Texas (South Texas), went to undergrd and grad school at Texas A & M in College Station. I now live in Kingwood, TX, a suburb north of Houston. We have been here about 4 years now. My husband is from Kingsville, TX home of the King Ranch. Howdy neighbors! LisaMc
tessmcgill A big D gal here . . . (How 'bout those Cowboys!!) I do my nails and wear my best jewelry to go the Mall. Here you have the best of the best . . . Northpark, The Galleria . . . A hair stylist here is an extremely valuable commodity. I remember Neiman Marcus' Fortnight gala each autumn . . . dying for it to come back. Everyone at my church drives a Caddy, Beemer or Mercedes (its in North Dallas, of course). We eat salsa and hot sauce on everything! I think Texas is unique, irreplaceable, bold, beautiful and the only place to live! It always at the forefront of exciting things in this country. Love visiting the Big Apple, but can't wait to get home to my wide open space :-]
Re: tessmcgill Not from Texas, but been there once many many years ago. I remember being about 4 years old and wearing a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader t-shirt. You know the kind that was Blue and had a big silver star on the front....ever since then I have LOVED the Cowboys. I like hot sauce, and mexican food. Maybe I shoulda been from TX.
Re: more Holy cow! Hey there, Lisa! I'm originally from CT, but I moved to Rockport in '79. Now I live not far from Kingsville! LOL Went to TAMUK when it was still A&I.
Re: more tessmcgill, You forgot the Villages of Willowbend. It kinda puts the ones you said in another league. Charlie
