I think Houstonians don't say that much...at least the ones in the city. I think sometimes they have a complex about stuff like that.SportsFan68 wrote:Actually, when I was down to West Texas last weekend for opening weekend of Spring Turkey season, I said y'all more than my hosts did. I think most of the Texan visitors I grew up around were from the Houston area.
My training class at CO was getting a tour of the Houston crew room on our very first day on the job. There's a big desk there where people check in for trips and get paperwork and whatnot...and another girl and I went up there to take care of some business. The guy behind the desk said "y'all" in the conversation, and the other girl made a cute little joke about it.
A few minutes later, one of the supervisors came up to us and said that we'd offended someone by making fun of their speech. WTF, right? I went back to talk to them. The guy wasn't offended in the least, but someone else behind the desk wanted to teach us newbies a lesson about something or other I guess. The chick who complained sure was surprised when we told her that I was from Podunk, TN and the other girl was a born and bred Houstonian. We don't have Southern accents, and she just assumed we were high-falutin' Yanks making fun of the Texans.
It was such a stupid thing, but I found that sentiment a lot when I lived there. I guess it's a "don't mess with Texas" mentality. Some folks down there are really touchy about stuff like that!