[Alas Babylon!]

These are all in the South from Texas onto Georgia.

[TheThirdRuffian]

Half of these are made up to spot Californian spies trying to blend in.

Won’t work. Your purple hair gives it away.

[Telepathic Intruder]

If you order a Coke in the White House, you have to go through Hunter or Harris first.

[DesertRhino]

“Bless Your Heart” is deep south where apparently it is a deep cutting insult or something. It’s pretty much unknown in Texas in that sense.

[ladyjane]

Texans think all these sayings come from Texas?

Well bless their hearts.

[struggle]

Might could comes from Mississippi/Alabama. Eudora welty had her 2nd grade teacher yell at her back in the 1920s about it in Jackson and it slowly became Texan parlance as people moved west from Mississippi.

[Organic Panic]

Y’all = singular

All’s Y’all = plural

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Many moons ago, a bunch of Pittsburghers moved to rural north Alabama to start a factory. The language gap was immense. The best one was the phrase “I don’t care to” do something. That meant “Yes, I will do that” in the local dialect, but to the ‘Burghers it meant “Nope - not gonna do it”. Almost got some folks fired before it got worked out.

[yuleeyahoo]

As a fifth generation Floridian, I have heard and used these expressions all my life. They are not uniquely Texan.

[steve86]

“The sun is as hot as all git-out”

We would say that when I was growing up in eastern WA — far from TX. Nowaday’s there some Texan influence via farmworker migration but there sure wasn’t then.

[mairdie]

all git-out was certainly part of my childhood, as was “Flush the toilet, Dallas needs the water.” Sherman TX grandfather, here.

[Libloather]

Momennems - where you go for Thanksgiving.

[Larry Lucido]

[Jamestown1630]

My best friend from High School grew up half in Mississippi, and half in Texas.

She was always using ‘might could’; and often said that something was ‘Big as Dallas’.

[FamiliarFace]

Guessing that Bennett Kleinman is a youngun that thinks he’s very clever. Smarter than his Boomer parents.

[eastforker]

Two beer ride, jus down the road a piece. Just up the road, anywhere from 20-50 miles. The next beer joint 2-3 miles.

[fidelis]

When you order a “Coke” in Texas, someone might ask you what kind. This may be confusing to non-Texans, as they probably just wanted a Coca-Cola. But “Coke,” like “soda” and “pop,” is a regionalism; Texans use the word to refer to any type of fizzy soft drink. So, if you want a Sprite, you may start by ordering a “Coke,” and then clarifying that you want a Sprite.

I grew up saying this and I was born and raised in California. When my wife first heard me say, "Get me an orange Coke, please," she thought it was the funniest thing ever.

[laplata]

Ya all have fun, I’m fixin’ to hit the hay.

[texas booster]

Texas Ping, the Best State in the USA!

A ping out to the Texas Ping list, founded by Windflier.

Let’s look at some of the distinctive phrases that are particularly common among Texans.

Another special Texas winter edition for your perusal.

As always, please FReepmail me if you want on or off the Texas Ping list.

Blessings, and stay warm!

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

Living in Alberta (known to some as, 'Canada's Texas', or 'Texas North'), I have heard most of these phrases used. For example, when Justin Castreau appears at a Stampede event, dressed as an urban 'ka-boy', MANY refer to him as 'ALL HAT NO CATTLE!'. (That is, when they weren't using foul language to describe the 53 year old male, teenage girl!