I'm tickled by place-name shibboleths, like Houston (HOW-ston) in NYC, or Gough (Gawf) in SF. Texas has one in the form of Bexar County. The 'x' is archaic Spanish spelling for modern 'j' (an aspirated 'h' sound). But anglos dropped the soft 'h', and it's just 'bear' now.
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Sounds like your kinda place.
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I'd be torn between Spanish originalism and looking like a tourist, if I ever lived there.
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People say Austin is an aberration in the State. I hold that it is Texas in its truest form.
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There is town called Gruene (ie Grüne, German for green) south of Austin. Makes sense given German immigration to Central Texas in mid 1800s. Me: I just swung thru Gruh-neh (pronouncing like a German would). Texan: *perplexed look on his face* Uhm, we just call it Green.
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Ain't nobody got time for pretense in the Lone Star State.

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I also said Boo-da (for Buda, TX) as in Budapest -- another perplexed look: Son, it's called Byoo-da.
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LOL. That's a bit ugly....buh-YOOO-duh.
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triggering all my central-Texas PTSD right here
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My grandma used to talk about “going shopping down on Man Shack” when I was a kid, and it took me years to figure out what the hell she was talking about.
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