If I hear one more person on the radio or TV say "NevAHda", I shall scream.

[Zen Democrat]

191. along with Mexia, Bexar County, or San Jacinto

People in Houston say "San Ja-sinna" while the correct "San Ha Seen Toe" is seldom heard. Same for San Felipe Street in Houston. Native residents have always said "San Phil-a-pee" while others say "San Phileep" and only the newcomers say "San Fe-LEEP-A" - pronunciation is personal.

We have a famous old city street in Houston called Old Spanish Trail. The street signs mostly say OST. One new to the city anchorman famously reported an incident on Ost Street. Never lived it down.

Most people in the city call it "YOU-ston" anyway. But when I was a little girl, I called it "HOO-ston." When I was about 5 or 6, the Ford Automotive Plant in Dallas started putting stickers in the back windows of their cars saying, "Built in Texas by Texans." I thought the Texans must be awfully braggadocious and I remarked, "Who do these Texans think they are?" And my dad said, "You are a Texan." I was most adamant that, no, I was not from Texas, I was from Hoo-ston. Things haven't changed much for me. The only other place I'd live in Texas is in the Hill Country in and around Austin where good liberals abide, as in Houston.