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Texas Speak: What is “Texit?”
One of the words you’ll see often in the Texian Partisan is “Texit.” It’s our unique way to describe the process of Texas reasserting its status as an independent nation.
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Texas Speak: Might Could
In Texas, we may poke fun at “yous guys” or even the northern “eh?” at the end of a question.
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Texas Speak: Don’t Mess With Texas
The “Don’t Mess With Texas” slogan has been around since 1986. Where does it come from, and what does it mean? Who’s making a mess, and where?
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Texian Super Spy: Hendrick Arnold
Last week, Texian Partisan brought you the news and story of a recent statue unveiled in Alamo Plaza, honoring Emily West Morgan, “The Yellow Rose of Texas.”
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Texas Speak: Fixin’ To
If you intend to do something, but there’s something else that has to be done, you could say you’re “going to,” you’re “planning to” or you’re “about to”.
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Emily Morgan “Yellow Rose of Texas” Statue Unveiled at the Alamo
If you’ve been in Texas long, you know the ‘Yellow Rose of Texas” song. But what’s that, a flower?
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Texas-Speak: Y’all’d’ve
Texas has its own culture, and to some degree has its own language. There are words we use that just don’t see common use anywhere else in the world.
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Texas Speak: What in Tarnation!
There are plenty of Texans who will cut loose with a string of four-letter words once in a while.
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How Do You Remember the Alamo?
“Remember the Alamo” has long been a Texian rallying cry. But how do we remember? One group remembers monthly with a solemn memorial march at “the Shrine of Texas Liberty.”
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Moving Day: Battleship Texas to Depart San Jacinto for Galveston
Today marks the last full day USS Texas will be docked at the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site.
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Texas Speak: What’s a “mominem?”
“There” and “their” are homonyms, two words with different meanings that sound the same. Some of us write using a made up or different name, a pseudonym.
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Texas drought brings out the dinosaurs
Who doesn’t remember the feel of mud between your toes? The Texas drought didn’t reveal the footprints of playing children, but the footprints of 113 million-year-old dinosaurs.
