Talk Like a Texan

By Texas Monthly

Society & Culture

What's Talk Like a Texan about?

Talk Like a Texan – Host John Nova Lomax delves into the quirks and idiosyncrasies of the Texas lexicon.

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Talk Like a Texan episodes:

12.06.2021
New From Texas Monthly: America’s Girls
The original Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad burst onto the field back in 1972—the same year Title IX passed, the same year Deep Throat came out, and a year before Roe v. Wade. Sarah Hepola digs into the untold stories behind...
12.03.2018
This One's For All Y'all
John Nova Lomax discusses the proper usages of Y'all with UT Associate Professor of English and Linguistics Lars Hinrichs.
10.31.2018
Talk Like a Texan: Let's Chaw the Rag
Howdy, y'all, why don't you put on your sitting britches, and let's chaw the rag, as this episode of Talk Like a Texan is all about our pithy and colorful sayings
09.24.2018
Manchaca or Manshack?
John Nova Lomax explores the sometimes messy but always rewarding collision of Spanish and English in the Lone Star State.
08.28.2018
What Do You Call Your Grandparents?
What do you call your grandparents? Granny and grandpa? Mammaw and Pappaw? Abuelo and abuela? Or something else entirely? It seems like there are as many variations on this theme as there are yoga studios in Austin, and we talked...
07.26.2018
Byway of the Highway
What do you call that little road next to the great big freeway?
07.12.2018
How To Say Pecan (Correctly)
In our first episode, host John Nova Lomax guides us through the proper way of pronouncing "pecan."