Re: A State of puzzlement
Posted: 07 Aug 2021, 15:37
I knew an English lady who lived in Austin, Texas, and she said that they actually pronounce it Awstun.
By the way, I don't think it's commonly known in the UK, that Austin is the capital city of Texas.
By the way, I don't think it's commonly known in the UK, that Austin is the capital city of Texas.
But that doesn't stop people from having fun with it. Many years ago in a gents in the state of Oklahoma I read the following on the wall. "Here I sit my cheeks a-flexin' giving birth to another Texan." 
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