#04 - How to speak Texan

Published: Jan. 20, 2018, 3:28 p.m.

Kyle and Kevin delve into the topic of how to speak the Texas language.

Vocabulary:
- Backerds - Backwards
- Better\u2019n dat\u2019n- Better than that one
- Big \u2018Ol - Really big. Does not imply age
- Bob Wair - Barbed wire
- Cain\u2019t - Can\u2019t or cannot
- Coke - Generic term for all soft drinks
- Cut off - Turn off
- Cut on - Turn on
- Directly - Soon, or immediately
-Ever whur - Every where
- Fair to Midland - Doing just fine
- Git - Get
- Holler - To call or yell at
- Idn\u2019t it - Isn\u2019t it
- Ignert - Ignorant
- In\u2019ner - In there
- Might Could - I might be able to
- Nucular - Nuclear
- Nuthern - Another one
- On\u2019ner - On there
- Plum - Exactly or absolute
- Reckon - I think, or do you think
- Scaird - Scared
- Spect - I have a suspicion or I suspect
- Tinkle - Child's term meaning to urinate
- Tump - Tip over and dump out
- Wair - Wire
- Wound up - Ended up

Phrases:
- Nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
- Sweatin\u2019 like a whore in church
- Chompin' at the bit
- Rode hard and put up wet
- Pitching\u2019 a hissy fit
- Tan your hide
- Full as a tick
- Dumb as dirt
- Dumber than a box of rocks
- He just fell off the turnip truck (unsophisticated)
- Slow as mollases
- Don\u2019t have a pot to pee in
- Sweatin\u2019 like a pig
- I don\u2019t trust you any farther than I can throw you
- Ain\u2019t my first rodeo
- Uglier than sin
- Too big for your britches
- You can hang your hat on that
- As all get out
- All hat no cattle
- Bark is bigger than his bite
- If you don\u2019t like the weather, wait 10 minutes
- Do what?

Resources:
- Do You Speak Texan, University of Texas Austin - https://news.utexas.edu/2012/05/07/do-you-speak-texan
- Jimmy Ferris, Spur, Texas - https://youtu.be/zzabmVIU6EQ
- The County Line - Texas Speak - https://youtu.be/fIdikLrpr_c