How to Say it Like a Texan: Town Pronunciation Guide

Writing by Chris on Wednesday, 30 of January , 2008 at 5:41 pm

I have to call shenanigans on some of these.  Study Butte?

How to Say it Like a Texan: Town Pronunciation Guide

Texas is filled with hard to pronounce place names. Some, like Waxahachie, are traced back to the state’s Native American heritage. Others, like Refugio, have Mexican origins–but are pronounced with a distinctly Texas twist.

Native Texan John Bigley recorded this pronunciation guide so you can say these place names like a Texan, whether you’re visiting Luckenbach or Lake Buchanan, Boerne or Buda. Click on the page corresponding to the place name for an audio file for these difficult to pronounce names:

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