Thought I'd have a bit of fun just looking up common phrases in Texas "tawk."
Found two websites that were a might insightful... though one doesn't do as accurate of a job as I had hoped.
For instance it says:
"Like a one-legged man at a butt-kicking contest. (I assume this would mean you're extremely frustrated, or perhaps out of place, or dumb as box of hammers.)"
This saying doesn't have much to do with describing intelligence... it just means you're really, really busy.
Guess it ain''t easy picking up Texan if you weren't raised with it.
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14-05-10, 01:31 AM #1
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"The weakest soul, knowing its own weakness, and believing this truth that strength can only be developed by effort and practice, will, thus believing, at once begin to exert itself, and, adding effort to effort, patience to patience, and strength to strength, will never cease to develop, and will at last grow divinely strong."
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I love this one:
If dumb was dirt, he'd cover about an acre.Spammer Spanker
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More common sayings:
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"The weakest soul, knowing its own weakness, and believing this truth that strength can only be developed by effort and practice, will, thus believing, at once begin to exert itself, and, adding effort to effort, patience to patience, and strength to strength, will never cease to develop, and will at last grow divinely strong."
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14-05-10, 03:34 PM #4
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I've an uncle in the oil business. In Texican, that's "I got me an uncle inna awl bidness".
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