Houstonian in Iraq Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 TexanHoustonian I love telling people I'm a Texan, it always trips them up later when I tell them I am not a Bush supporter. People outside the state didn't know people like me existed. They look at you not unlike a heterosexual man telling people he is a ballet dancer. When I do mention I'm from Texas, people ask me "where's your Texas Accent?" "I'm from Houston......we don't have one " One guy even said [i forget what we were originally talking about,( think he was from Brooklyn)] "You sure you're from TX, your just too cool man" "It's cuz I'm from Houston " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 This is just wrong! I love NASCAR and my many trips to the Tarheel State It gets worse. I grew up less than 40 miles from Level Cross and Randleman, Richard Petty's hometown. There's just something wrong with me, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 QUOTE(HeightsGuy @ Tuesday, July 25th, 2006 @ 12:59am) TexanHoustonianI love telling people I'm a Texan, it always trips them up later when I tell them I am not a Bush supporter.Whatever makes you feel good aboutg yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 Whatever makes you feel good aboutg yourself. I love you MidtownCoog... :cough: in the most a-sexual way possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 All I am saying is that when traveling I either must meet dummies who don't know about politics or either they don't care to discuss them with strangers.Only time politics has entered the picture was when Texas executed the Canadian (in Ottawa) or speaking with Somalias at Prague Technical University after Blackhawk Down.I guess I am lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbaNerd Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 What does that leaf stand for, anyway?HoustonianTexanAmericanSugar LandianWestern HemispherianNorthern HemispherianEarthling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 The Leaf is the old sticker members of the Houstonian Club are supposed to stick on their car windows.I tell people I am from Houston. If they looked puzzled or think that I've stated some random place because I pronounce it with a "Y", then I follow that up with, "the city in Texas, our nation's 4th largest." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcole Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 The Leaf is the old sticker members of the Houstonian Club are supposed to stick on their car windows.I tell people I am from Houston. If they looked puzzled or think that I've stated some random place because I pronounce it with a "Y", then I follow that up with, "the city in Texas, our nation's 4th largest."With a "y". Now THAT is "old school". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicman Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 If i'm traveling in the US i say i'm from Houston. If I'm traveling abroad I say Texas. The response is overwhelming when you say Texas abroad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 The response is overwhelming when you say Texas abroad.Agree. I've had old Bohemian grandmas and nubile Norwegian sisters go ga-ga. Can't beat it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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