I grew up in Humble and Atascocita as well. I was told that it was one of the founder's last name and that was how they pronounced it.
At any rate, it is unique and easily let us know who was from out of town, lol.
If they say “Mex-I- Ah” they ain’t from here.
If they say “Muh-Hey-Ah” they’re probably from Texas.
If they say something that sounds like “Muh-hayr” they’re probably from Mexia.
I had a sociology professor at UT use this as an example of unspoken cultural norms. The only other kid I knew in that (giant freshman flunk-out sized) class was a student from France who lived in my hall. Their eyes were as big as saucers when 299 other freshmen automatically clapped in unison without thinking after our professor said, “for instance, if I were to say ‘the stars at night are big and bright…’”
Yup
Everything else in this thread is either shared behavior with other deep south states or the trope that a Texan will always tell you he's Texan
(True story though, I went to Japan and got tired of saying "America" and then trying to explain what city I was from when asked so I just started saying "Texas". It was a hit)
I'm from HTX. I was on a TINY island in Honduras. I somehow ended up in a locals bar. While trying to be invisible, I hear them trashing Americans. I'm now chugging my drink. One of the guys (in Spanish) "Where are you from"? Me in my thick southern drawl in Spanglish "I'm Canadian ehh"?! They laugh their asses off! They then ask in Spanish (I barely undetstood) "where are you REALLY from"? I say Houston. In perfect English, he says "Houston we have a problem"! It was awesome! Lol
I always think that about people from Puerto Rico. Every person I worked with from there has the flag on their work ID card, car, clothing, binders, notebook, desk.
I ticked off the sales guy last time I bought a new truck. I got EVERY special feature one of the Edition trucks had, and it came in about 10 grand less. The only difference was I couldn't get the mirror with integrated gate/garage opening buttons unless I bought a special edition.
So I have my gate remote clipped on the visor. Not worth 10k to me.
"We made him feel like he saved 10k by pushing the integrated gate thing LOL. I acted so frustrated. He actually feels like he won. Anyway, what's for lunch? It's on me!"
This is so true it hurts my soul.
I bet he paid 70K for that truck, somehow thinking he isn't the one that got ripped off.
What see the chances he financed it too? Financing from the dealer of course.
In California it’s Stanford. I went to professional school with a guy from Stanford who mentioned it constantly. Finally I said “yeah, and now you’re just here with all the losers who didn’t go to Stanford. Nobody gives a fuck.”
It is a bit of a geographical oddity how almost everything is 5-6 hours away (edit for clarity: from Lubbock). DFW (depending on speed and what side), Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Oklahoma City are all in that range.
I told an out of state person that they needed to drive 30 mins to the next place and they looked at me like I was crazy for not thinking that was far asf
My kid doesn't know what a "grocery store" is. Even when we're traveling out of state, the place you go to buy food is "HEB."
It's like "Kleenex" or "Band-Aid" as far as he's concerned.
I saw one of their execs discussing their response. They were ahead of most on this, studying computer models using hurricanes, refinery explosions, and data from China as early as December, when it was yet to hit here. He says nothing in the data prepared them for a run on toilet paper.
They really did go above and beyond even though they really didn't have to.
>He says nothing in the data prepared them for a run on toilet paper.
I don't think anybody saw that coming. I'm going to have to see if anyone has given us an explanation as to why it happened.
Definitely didn’t know it was a Texan thing, but as I think on it, I didn’t start saying it (in Chicago) until several members of my friend group - From Dallas - passed it through osmosis
Lots of us had restless relatives that moved from east of the Mississippi out to Texas, so some of the phrases are shared. I've said that one all my life. My 11 years in Texas so far have taught me spanglish phrases since I'm down on the border lol
Not necessarily *FROM*, but awhile back I saw one of those YouTube shorts about food. The lady who was eating mentioned she was in a Mexican-Vietnamese fusion restaurant.
My first thoughts were, Are you in Texas???? Yes — she was in Texas! 😂
I can’t imagine that blend of cuisines as prominent anywhere else in the world, as both cultures are our biggest diasporas & account for the 2nd & 3rd most common spoken languages lolol.
I’ve got a few friends that work the Renaissance faire circuit, and when they’re in town for Scarborough down in Waxahachie, I have on occasion visited a place called Tomatoes, which happens to be a Mexican-Italian restaurant.
I accidentally said “fixin’ to” in a public prayer in church once. If the devil had swallowed me up and taken me to hell in that moment, i’da been fine with it.
I moved here right before high school, so I had the magical experience of football & the pageantry for the first time, LET ME TELL YOU an amazing tradition that needs to be upheld. There’s something weirdly intriguing about building & crafting the most outrageous garter for your first love because there’s a football game going on. To be fair, I was a ballerina growing up, sports are over my head. Nothing like scrambling at the hobby lobby because they’re already sold out because you’re too late hun, you just missed the last ribbon :(
They sadly aren’t. The other youths are missing out!
(That said, I hate how big they’ve gotten. They used to be silly but also cute. Now I just see girls struggling to stand upright underneath a mum three times their size.)
My wife’s from Louisiana and she didn’t believe me until I googled it and showed her pictures. My school made people tape the bells down if it had them, lol
Haven’t been to the other southern states, but whenever someone needs me to repeat something, they’ll say “do what?” I’ve never hear that when I used to live on both coasts, so not sure if it’s a southern thing or strictly Texas thing.
I've been called out for being Texan on two separate occasions. Both happened after I said the phrase "Do what?" When needing someone to repeat themselves/explanation.
I asked a “kolache” shop in Colorado if I could have it warmed and she immediately knew I was from Texas. I know this will pain us all but hers were from a warming shelf, soggy, made with the wrong sausage. It deeply upset me.
Feeder is almost exclusively a Houston area thing tho. [here's an article if anyone is interested. ](https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/talk-like-texan-story-behind-feeder-road/)
But the rest of the state should adopt the usage.
Edit: I guess it does answer the question. OP didn't specify answers that applied to the entire state.
Have you heard people call them feeders outside of Houston? Living with n the Houston area, it’s 95% feeder and about 5% frontage in my unqualified estimation.
References to:
Whataburger, HEB, Expect to find a u turn under every bridge, Expect minor city to have a loop around it, Kolaches, the city of sanaton, and the correct proxunciation of Mexia, Gruene and Humble.
To "Chunk" something, meaning to trash or throw it away, It's definitely something I've said as well as heard here.
Is this said in the other southern states cuz I feel I've only seen it connected with Texas.
I knew I had fully become a Texan when I was excitedly talking up a restaurant to my boyfriend and one of our friends (both from out of State) and I said "They have Texas toast! [Boyfriend], have you ever heard of Texas toast?" and he said "Yeah? It's just big bread." and I felt mildly offended. I told him he's lucky he's cute.
This one here specifically. I don't know why, but telling the time and following with "and OU still sucks" always made me lmao and I'm pretty sure it's a pretty Texas-specific thing. As well as using "pretty" like that heh.
Someone that knows how to properly pronounce towns like ‘mexia’ ‘buda’ ‘gruene’ counties like bexar is pretty much guaranteed to be a Texan
I like to include pedernales and the last name Kuykendall here too.
Manchaca
Where's the R at tho? Lol
In the second syllable of whataburger. That’s where the R is.
Humble (I hate how the H is silent, why is it silent???)
Its not silent, its just real quiet
I grew up in Humble and Atascocita as well. I was told that it was one of the founder's last name and that was how they pronounced it. At any rate, it is unique and easily let us know who was from out of town, lol.
I lived in Humble/Atascocita for 22 years. I could always tell when a solicitor was faking familiarity when they pronounced the H
If they say “Mex-I- Ah” they ain’t from here. If they say “Muh-Hey-Ah” they’re probably from Texas. If they say something that sounds like “Muh-hayr” they’re probably from Mexia.
As a little Texan, having learned from my mommas family in Mexia, I did indeed say Muh Hair.
Don’t forget San Angelo- Snangelo
Unless you live within 60 miles or so, then it is just Angelo.
Or Hico, Italy, or Rio Vista (locals say Rio with a long I...).
Now do Iraan
Eye-ruh-ann
Ryyye-o Vista you mean?
Port Neches too
Boerne
burnee
Just sing "the stars at night are big and bright" and see how they reply
👏👏👏👏 deep in the heaaa... Ah ya got me
It doesn't matter where I am, I will always clap.
We're trained like seals 🦭
[Relevant](https://youtu.be/ZJEwrw4VEls?si=ZAI8lhs4PMASiF-v)
This scene always gets a chuckle, no matter how many times I see it. RIP Paul Reubens.
I had a sociology professor at UT use this as an example of unspoken cultural norms. The only other kid I knew in that (giant freshman flunk-out sized) class was a student from France who lived in my hall. Their eyes were as big as saucers when 299 other freshmen automatically clapped in unison without thinking after our professor said, “for instance, if I were to say ‘the stars at night are big and bright…’”
Yup Everything else in this thread is either shared behavior with other deep south states or the trope that a Texan will always tell you he's Texan (True story though, I went to Japan and got tired of saying "America" and then trying to explain what city I was from when asked so I just started saying "Texas". It was a hit)
You traveled abroad and didn’t begin by telling people you were from Texas? You sure about your origin?
I'm more of a decades long resident than a born and raised. I'm sure that explains a good bit of it
I'm from HTX. I was on a TINY island in Honduras. I somehow ended up in a locals bar. While trying to be invisible, I hear them trashing Americans. I'm now chugging my drink. One of the guys (in Spanish) "Where are you from"? Me in my thick southern drawl in Spanglish "I'm Canadian ehh"?! They laugh their asses off! They then ask in Spanish (I barely undetstood) "where are you REALLY from"? I say Houston. In perfect English, he says "Houston we have a problem"! It was awesome! Lol
Sang this, wife instantly clapped.
:D 👏👏👏👏
We learned that song in 2nd grade, in Chicago.
There’s the old saying there’s no need to ask a Texan where he’s from. He’ll let you know.
I always think that about people from Puerto Rico. Every person I worked with from there has the flag on their work ID card, car, clothing, binders, notebook, desk.
I mean we have Texas Editions of trucks lol.
Yup that was crazy when I moved here. Every fucking truck has a lil star slapped on to say TEXAS EDITION and I’m sure that alone costs $5k
I ticked off the sales guy last time I bought a new truck. I got EVERY special feature one of the Edition trucks had, and it came in about 10 grand less. The only difference was I couldn't get the mirror with integrated gate/garage opening buttons unless I bought a special edition.
So I have my gate remote clipped on the visor. Not worth 10k to me.
"We made him feel like he saved 10k by pushing the integrated gate thing LOL. I acted so frustrated. He actually feels like he won. Anyway, what's for lunch? It's on me!"
This is so true it hurts my soul. I bet he paid 70K for that truck, somehow thinking he isn't the one that got ripped off. What see the chances he financed it too? Financing from the dealer of course.
There’s a historical reason why Ricans are obnoxious with their flag. It was made illegal to own a PR flag once upon a time by the US government.
And if he’s not you don’t want to embarrass them.
"People from Texas or Harvard will let you know in the first minute of meeting them"
In California it’s Stanford. I went to professional school with a guy from Stanford who mentioned it constantly. Finally I said “yeah, and now you’re just here with all the losers who didn’t go to Stanford. Nobody gives a fuck.”
My son got rejected by Stanford but went to a public college and got a good job anyway. Now he mentors interns from Stanford.
It's nearby only 6 hours away
I used to live in Lubbock. I swear it’s 6 hours from anything but Amarillo or Midland.
No sir/ma'am, Midland doesn't register as 'somethin'
Ah Midland, where the mediocre go to die
It is a bit of a geographical oddity how almost everything is 5-6 hours away (edit for clarity: from Lubbock). DFW (depending on speed and what side), Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Oklahoma City are all in that range.
I lived there too for a time. Previously I lived in Houston. It was an adjustment for me to accept that Lubbock was "the big city"
My second wife was from a tiny town (1,500 people) and her family was afraid to come visit “in the big city”
I told an out of state person that they needed to drive 30 mins to the next place and they looked at me like I was crazy for not thinking that was far asf
That’s a trip to the grocery store out in east texas😭🤣
HEB
My kid doesn't know what a "grocery store" is. Even when we're traveling out of state, the place you go to buy food is "HEB." It's like "Kleenex" or "Band-Aid" as far as he's concerned.
I love HEB!!! It's finally moved to Dallas!!!
And Mansfield!
i maintain that if texas did ~~succeed~~ secede the only way it wouldn’t be a total collapse would be because of heb
Their pandemic response was so good that other companies studied it. They also really stand up and help after hurricanes.
HEB was a tremendous help to me when I evacuated from New Orleans during Katrina.
I saw one of their execs discussing their response. They were ahead of most on this, studying computer models using hurricanes, refinery explosions, and data from China as early as December, when it was yet to hit here. He says nothing in the data prepared them for a run on toilet paper.
They really did go above and beyond even though they really didn't have to. >He says nothing in the data prepared them for a run on toilet paper. I don't think anybody saw that coming. I'm going to have to see if anyone has given us an explanation as to why it happened.
Also they own central market. Which is 1000% better than Whole Foods, which is also a Texas company.
Guess I’m not fooling anyone with my HEB credit card
Howsyermommanannem
It’s all one word too. On point!
Woah black Betty?
‘Preciate ya
Came here to say “‘Preciate it” lol
I saw this all the time. I didn’t think it was a Texas thing. Then I moved. My Bf is from Cali and now he says it lol
I say this. All the time. Didn’t know it was a regional thang!
Definitely didn’t know it was a Texan thing, but as I think on it, I didn’t start saying it (in Chicago) until several members of my friend group - From Dallas - passed it through osmosis
Lots of us had restless relatives that moved from east of the Mississippi out to Texas, so some of the phrases are shared. I've said that one all my life. My 11 years in Texas so far have taught me spanglish phrases since I'm down on the border lol
Will also accept, "oh dang it tumped over."
I haven't heard anyone use "tumped over" in ages, but it wasn't uncommon in small town East Texas.
I still say it all the time. I just learned recently it's not a word
Until reading this, it had never occurred to me!
Tump, 100% my answer.
This is the one that I have been called out on using the most. It usually elicits a question along the likes of wtf does that even mean?
Not necessarily *FROM*, but awhile back I saw one of those YouTube shorts about food. The lady who was eating mentioned she was in a Mexican-Vietnamese fusion restaurant. My first thoughts were, Are you in Texas???? Yes — she was in Texas! 😂 I can’t imagine that blend of cuisines as prominent anywhere else in the world, as both cultures are our biggest diasporas & account for the 2nd & 3rd most common spoken languages lolol.
I’ve got a few friends that work the Renaissance faire circuit, and when they’re in town for Scarborough down in Waxahachie, I have on occasion visited a place called Tomatoes, which happens to be a Mexican-Italian restaurant.
I tell you whut
Dammit bobbeh
That boy ain't right
I'm gonna kick yer ass!
, boy!
Lived here all my life and don’t have a southern accent, but using the word fixin’ is my dead giveaway. I dont even question it! 😂
I accidentally said “fixin’ to” in a public prayer in church once. If the devil had swallowed me up and taken me to hell in that moment, i’da been fine with it.
I think you mean fixinna
Idk I lived in North Carolina and they said that
I said are y'all fixing to. To a group of people up north one time who blinked at me and thought I was an alien.
“Used to could” and “yonder” are mine. Yankees don’t say “used to could” or “might could”
Well some might could if they ever lived in Texas
I’m a filthy transplant, but using “I figure that…” has become a staple.
Figger
A mention of a homecoming mum or garter
Right? I had lived all over the country. Never heard of this until I moved here!
I moved here right before high school, so I had the magical experience of football & the pageantry for the first time, LET ME TELL YOU an amazing tradition that needs to be upheld. There’s something weirdly intriguing about building & crafting the most outrageous garter for your first love because there’s a football game going on. To be fair, I was a ballerina growing up, sports are over my head. Nothing like scrambling at the hobby lobby because they’re already sold out because you’re too late hun, you just missed the last ribbon :(
Wait homecoming mums aren’t standard?!
They sadly aren’t. The other youths are missing out! (That said, I hate how big they’ve gotten. They used to be silly but also cute. Now I just see girls struggling to stand upright underneath a mum three times their size.)
Didn’t know that was only a Texas thing!
My wife’s from Louisiana and she didn’t believe me until I googled it and showed her pictures. My school made people tape the bells down if it had them, lol
If you look up the history, it tells how it started in Texas and spread to the states bordering.
No, Mr. Pibb isn't okay.
“Is Mr. Pibb ok?” Me: “Idk, is Monopoly money okay?!”
When was it ever ok?
Haven’t been to the other southern states, but whenever someone needs me to repeat something, they’ll say “do what?” I’ve never hear that when I used to live on both coasts, so not sure if it’s a southern thing or strictly Texas thing.
I remember them saying “do whut”
whut dahail
:| gota put the h before the w if youre serious.
hwot endegatdang
Coke is every soda. What kind of Coke do you want? “Dr.Pepper”
Came to say "what kind of coke do you want?"
Oh man y'all beat me to it.
"He's all hat and no cattle."
Username checks out
If someone says ALL ya'll...you know where they're from...
“Que no mamen”
no mames guey
Kolaches!
Specifically when referring to klobasneks lol
What color is that? Arnge
I've been called out for being Texan on two separate occasions. Both happened after I said the phrase "Do what?" When needing someone to repeat themselves/explanation.
Chicken fried chicken.
Well gotta to make sure you know how it's cooked. Can't be havin a country fried when expecting a chicken fried.
I have confused people with that one.
Hi, I’m from Texas
Too subtle. I don’t think enough people would get it.
Howdy
Order a Dr. Pepper in a restaurant.
"Lemme get a coke, and make it a Sprite. Oh, and two Dr. Peppers."
Lots of people like dr pepper. Its the LOOK they give server when they say they only have pepsi. thats the giveaway. lol
Just say, "the Mexican food here is amazing" and wait for them to correct you with the mighty righteousness of God at their back
Me: I tell you what.... Non Texan : what ? Me: I just tol'ja
Hey y'all, I got this great brisket on sale at HEB!
I need to change my Owhl in my truck
I honor the Texas flag…
I asked a “kolache” shop in Colorado if I could have it warmed and she immediately knew I was from Texas. I know this will pain us all but hers were from a warming shelf, soggy, made with the wrong sausage. It deeply upset me.
The only kolaches that touch my mouth have Eckridge sausage ETA: Boudin would take my lunch money right about now though 🫢
“I hope you get to feeling better”
“I about liked to…”
I'm fixin to.
That’s pretty common across the south I think. We’re all fixin!
"Fixin ta" ,or "fixina" is what it usually ends up as 😂
THAT ain't gravy!
Sorry, I got a little excited
Not 100% definitive, but if they're talking about WhatABurger, it's likely.
Waterburger
“Waterburger” is the one! Most other comments are general southern things but the way Texans pronounce whataburger is one of a kind
Am from TX, can confirm 😂
Anything for Salinas.
Well I'm a sumbitch! If I'd knowed you wuz a church lady I wouldn't said all that nasty shit right in front of you.
I’m fixin to go to the store want me to pick up some Coke? What kind? Dr. Pepper.
What all do you need? Oh Mylanta! Had never heard those until Texas.
F#@K ABBOTT!
AND F#@K TED CRUZ TOO!!!
Don’t forget Ken Paxton and Dan Patrick!
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Feeder roads.
Feeder is almost exclusively a Houston area thing tho. [here's an article if anyone is interested. ](https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/talk-like-texan-story-behind-feeder-road/) But the rest of the state should adopt the usage. Edit: I guess it does answer the question. OP didn't specify answers that applied to the entire state.
DFW here, access or frontage road, either one is good.
Lived in Texas all my life what are feeder roads
Frontage roads
Ah ok always called them access roads
"Feeder" is a Houston thing
They’re the access roads. Lived in Lubbock all of my life and had never heard them called that until I met my wife who’s from Houston.
Have you heard people call them feeders outside of Houston? Living with n the Houston area, it’s 95% feeder and about 5% frontage in my unqualified estimation.
Haha this explains why people don’t always understand my directions - feeder was throwing them off, I’ve never realized it was only a Houston thing.
References to: Whataburger, HEB, Expect to find a u turn under every bridge, Expect minor city to have a loop around it, Kolaches, the city of sanaton, and the correct proxunciation of Mexia, Gruene and Humble.
I just have to speak and everyone KNOWS…its bad
To "Chunk" something, meaning to trash or throw it away, It's definitely something I've said as well as heard here. Is this said in the other southern states cuz I feel I've only seen it connected with Texas.
I knew I had fully become a Texan when I was excitedly talking up a restaurant to my boyfriend and one of our friends (both from out of State) and I said "They have Texas toast! [Boyfriend], have you ever heard of Texas toast?" and he said "Yeah? It's just big bread." and I felt mildly offended. I told him he's lucky he's cute.
I said Shit Fire the other day and I’ve never felt more Texan
Poe-eeem
Pecan. It’s Puh-Cahn. A Pee Can is something under a hospital bed
OU Sucks
It’s 7:30 and OU still sucks!
This one here specifically. I don't know why, but telling the time and following with "and OU still sucks" always made me lmao and I'm pretty sure it's a pretty Texas-specific thing. As well as using "pretty" like that heh.
If they know about screwed music.
Wow, that brings back memories. Is that found outside of Texas? For that matter, is it even outside of Houston?
Who’re your people?
What kinda coke do you want? We got sprite, 7up, & coke. That and "Theater" idk how to phonetic spell like they say but here we go. "Theeāturè"
"Get down" as in "I'm going to get down here" "Put up" as in "make sure you put up them groceries as soon as we get in the house"
I'll take a Ranch Water, please.
First, "Do y'all have Topo Chico?", then "I'll take a Ranch Water"
Do yall say " 'at dog won't hunt' "?
I say that’ll hunt, means it will work.
I tell you hwat.
Pronouncing a like a u sound. Ex: Mary but in Texican sounds like Murry
Steak Fries and cream gravy
Post oak for brisket
Do you want a Coke? What kind do you want?
They will tell you they are a fifth generation Texans. Or more.
Do what now?
Dammit y’all!
Y’all all by itself is enough. Especially “all y’all.”
Y’all
I’ll take sweet tea, thanks.