Austintatious (Austin-tatious) (1970s?)

[Charles Doyle]

Traditionally, in the vacinity of Austin, "ostentatious" and "Austintatious" would have been pronounced differently (though the word-play would still "work"). Now, however, have Austinites preponderantly lost the initial "open O" in their fair city's name?

--Charlie
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>Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 03:20:18 EST
>From: Bapopik at AOL.COM
>Subject: Austintatious (Austin-tatious) (1970s?)
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>Austintatious--23,400 Google hits
>Austen-tatious--13,000 Google hits
>Austentatious--10,200 Google hits
>Austintacious--5,180 Google hits
>Austin-tatious--3,530 Google hits
>Austentacious--1,430 Google hits
>...
>Maybe someone has an "Austintatious" hit on FACTIVA or another database? It means a pretentious display of the city of Austin (or of Jane Austen). The term is used a lot in these parts (Austin, Texas), but is not recorded in the HDAS.

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