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Ten Colorful Ways to Say It’s Hotter Than Hades in Texas
In Talking Texan, we explore the diverse dialects, interesting idioms, and unique linguistics of the Lone Star State. One aspect of life in the Lone Star State that Texans tend to talk about a lot—’til our tongues are plumb tuckered, you might even say—is the weather. If matters of a meteorological nature were removed as a possible topic of conversation here, the silence would likely be deafening. Small-town hardware stores would suddenly run eerily silent. Hayseeds and old-timers hanging around the feed and seed would be left just standing there scratching their chins, slack-jawed. Crickets! Because whether it happens to be excessively wet, excessively dry, excessively cold, or just really, really hot, Texans will, as sure as sunup, have something to say about it. Read…The post Ten Colorful Ways to Say It’s Hotter Than Hades in Texas appeared first on Texas Monthly.