I’ve lived in Texas for a couple of years now. But some days, I still have to listen carefully to understand what people around here are saying. Here’s an example from a conversation I could have overheard in the grocery store this morning (with a lot of exaggeration):
Woman #1: Boy hidy, y’all lost some pounds!
Woman #2: All it took was eating a passel of greens, instead of a mess of fried chicken, is all.
Woman #1: Guess that’s the way to go at it then. Says rat cheer in this magazine, if you get tard of keeping track a what goes in your mouth, y’awn y’own.
Woman #2: Yup. If you’re fixin’ to lose weight, best to ease out of the kitchen before you eat the whole enchilada.
Ha . . . funnin’ aside, Texans are some of the nicest people I’ve ever been around. It’s nothing to come out of the grocery store and have a guy in a cowboy hat and boots offer to help you with your bags. Or, have a woman with six kids offer to let you cut in front of her in the movie line. And everybody waves at everybody here.
I love my home state of Idaho . . . but like the popular bumper sticker says: I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could.
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So glad you’re loving Texas, Kellie!
Just watched your book trailer–great job. Can’t wait to read your book!
Aloha! –Cheryl
thanks, Cheryl!
When we knew we were moving to Georgia all this years ago, I wrote a speech for my Brit hubs to give at the company convention where they would be announcing the move. It was written in Southern. You would have howled to hear a British accent speaking Southern. He brought down the house. 🙂
Today, you could video and place on You Tube….something that funny would go viral!
SO fun!! My Dad’s a Texan and when his sisters come for a visit here in California, we have so much fun.
I smile when realizing my grandson will be a “full” Texan with all that comes with….
Love it, love it, love it! Makes perfect sense to me, a Georgia girl!! xoxo xoxo
Ha – I bet it does, Julie!