What to do in Houston
Aug 29, 2012 | 8:47 am
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Ohhhhh, ms travemad, I'm sorry you have to get in the middle of this.....We Okies have a terrible inferiority complex about Baja Oklahoma (errr, Texas), and know that when Texas re-declares it's independence, our state will be immediately annexed, just to even-up the corners of their map....
Anyway, you will be fine in Texas, as long as you aren't pronouncing the city name as "how-ston" like a Manhattanite...... enjoy!
Anyway, you will be fine in Texas, as long as you aren't pronouncing the city name as "how-ston" like a Manhattanite...... enjoy!
And you are correct it is Hew-ston, not yew-ston, House-ton or other such nonsense.
Aug 29, 2012 | 10:32 am
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No worries, I am well aware of how to pronounce the city in Texas. From the number of times I have had to correct out-of-towners on the pronunciation of Houston St. in Manhattan, I'm quite sure that the Hew-ston version is by far the best known!