Local pronunciations

[Grant Barrett]

On Oct 25, 2005, at 17:04, Wilson Gray wrote:
> Unfortunately, I've never heard the local pronunciation of Houston,
> the county seat of Texas County, MO. In East and, perhaps in all of
> Texas, people say "YEW st at n." I say HYEW st at n, myself.

I met a woman from Texas County, Mo., last week. She pronounced it
"HYEW-stun."

Grant Barrett
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