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The Texanist: Is It Okay for Texans to Talk Like Texans Even When We’re Not in Texas?
Q: I’ve always heard the first word in “crème brûlée” pronounced “cream.” Recently, some Californians corrected my pronunciation. I know it’s “crehm,” but I feel like a phony saying it that way. Is it okay to pronounce the names of foods the way we pronounce them in Texas when we’re outside the state?Clare Blankenship , McKinneyA: The Texas tongue is a splendorous thing. We utilize words like “howdy,” “y’all,” and “maverick,” the latter of which carries a puredee Texan brand, though it has roamed well beyond our borders. (Note: “Puredee” may itself have Texan origins.) We have our own sayings, such as “don’t squat on your spurs” and “happy as a hog in slop.” And we possess unique cadences and speech patterns, such as those found…The post The Texanist: Is It Okay for Texans to Talk Like Texans Even When We’re Not in Texas? appeared first on Texas Monthly.