Texas Thangs Hard To Translate (West: eat, dinner, place)

[car957]

Momanyms

Momanyms (Mon and thems) are at the HEB fixing to get groceries. Ya'all can wander over there if you wanna...

[HappyTexan]

Moving to a smaller town 10 years ago was a culture shock for me since I came from Ft. Lauderdale FL and NYC before that. In those cities there is more than 1 anything.
In this smaller town "the HEB" meant just that as there's only 1 in town so you can't get lost.

Getting directions in this town:
Where is X ?
It's right past the HEB
Where is HEB ?
It's up the road aways past the post office.
Where is the post office ?
You make a right at the new gas station
The new gas station ?
Yeah..that new one they built right across from the library.

In 10 years I have not forgotten that conversation. I walked away thinking I had just lived through a real life "who's on first ?" comedy routine.

[lonestar2007]

Thank you so much for this post. I laughed till tears were rolling. I can actually hear this conversation! So true, so funny!

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

Moving to a smaller town 10 years ago was a culture shock for me since I came from Ft. Lauderdale FL and NYC before that. In those cities there is more than 1 anything.
In this smaller town "the HEB" meant just that as there's only 1 in town so you can't get lost.

Getting directions in this town:
Where is X ?
It's right past the HEB
Where is HEB ?
It's up the road aways past the post office.
Where is the post office ?
You make a right at the new gas station
The new gas station ?
Yeah..that new one they built right across from the library.

In 10 years I have not forgotten that conversation. I walked away thinking I had just lived through a real life "who's on first ?" comedy routine.

[jm21]

Ahhh....had to look up HEB. I'm assuming it's the grocery store chain? Is that like saying coke instead of soda or pop?

[HappyTexan]

lol yeah. And it's spelled out, not pronounced as a word. So it's the H-E-B.
It's the grocery store chain from about Waco down south to Corpus

[NOTAM]

fillin' station, not gas station. i cant even say gas station, it just dont sound right to me.

[rangerdaddyus]

Ah bleeve Jeff Foxworthy'd be raht at home in this thread

[rangerdaddyus]

Originally Posted by new2sa

Add to that "afur piece"...

As in: If you are in Waco, Dallas is afur piece up the road aways".

laughing musef silly

[Cathy4017]

Originally Posted by HappyTexan

lol yeah. And it's spelled out, not pronounced as a word. So it's the H-E-B.
It's the grocery store chain from about Waco down south to Corpus

And boy, do I EVER miss it here in NM.

I groveled and begged them to consider a location in El Paso.....no plans to extend this far west at the current time. The Midland-Odessa locations are the farthest west they have gone in TX...!

[TexasReb]

Originally Posted by bellestaroftexas

fillin' station, not gas station. i cant even say gas station, it just dont sound right to me.

Fillin' station! Now there's an oldie but a goodie!

I am wondering how many still say "breakfast, dinner, and supper"? Lunch has almost replaced "dinner" as the term for the noonday meal!