Do You Pronounce All of These Texas Towns Properly? Find Out!
I've heard some pretty interesting variations of town names from folks who haven't spent much time in Texas. Amarillo and Lubbock, for example, always seem to confuse outsiders for some reason. They seem pretty cut and dry to me, but then again, I'm from these parts. I think the proper pronunciation lives in my bones or something...
What about you? Are you pronouncing all of these Texas towns correctly? Take a look at the gallery below and find out!
Can You Pronounce ALL These Texas Towns Correctly?
Texas is home to 970 cities, 228 towns, and 23 villages if you can believe it. Some of them are harder to pronounce than others and even some Texans that have lived here their whole lives may be doing some of these wrong. So let's make sure you don't look like an idiot on your next road trip through our great state.
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Do any of the pronunciations surprise you? Do you think some of them are wrong? Tell me in a comment below this article and then keep scrolling for more Texas-based content in the galleries below.
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