[Dr. Sivana]

Turns out it was Sabine so told her that now she was in Texas she needs to pronounce it “Sah bean”.

You should hear how the New Yorkers say "Houston".

[colorcountry]

That’s my maiden name, it is Scottish and I say it just like they do in New York AND Georgia. It’s the Texans who say it wrong...4....3...2...1...

[Grams A]

You should hear how the New Yorkers say “Houston”. “

Well, bless their hearts they can’t help it if they don’t know how to pronounce things correctly. Probably because they never learned how to spell. OTOH they probably don’t want to hear how we Texans say New York.

Always amazes me that most people pronounce both the first and last name of Whitney Houston correctly but when it comes to pronouncing our city, not so much.

Funniest one I heard - we have a huge cafeteria chain called Luby’s (Loo bees). Gal who moved here from Wisconsin was talking about going to Lub ee’s for lunch. We were rolling on the floor.

[a fool in paradise]

There ain’t no HOUSE in Houston!