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Old 05-28-2013, 04:21 PM
 
Location: The Magnolia City
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Good. I see others are listing towns as well as cities so I will too. Offhand, these came to mind, I'm sure I'll think of more later.

Like:

Bandera
Sequin
Eagle Pass
Lampasas

Like for being quirky:

Valentine
Cool

Dislike:

Cleburne (never thought about it before, but since we now have so many Yankees around here and they pronounce it as Cle-BORN and it just seems to keep going bong, bong, bong after they say it, I have come to despise that name).
They're no doubt confusing it with "Claiborne"
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Old 05-28-2013, 04:46 PM
 
Location: Greenville, Delaware
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Frequently mispronounced by non-locals (including some non-local Texans): Burnet. This goes both for the actual town and county, as well as the long north-south street in Austin. It does NOT of course sound like the last name of a famous female comedian whose first name is Carol.
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Old 05-28-2013, 04:52 PM
 
Location: Greenville, Delaware
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A very boring name: Tyler. Ditto Taylor.

A topographically accurate name: Levelland.

A weird name that I never liked: Sudan

A very optimistic name: Happy.

Another geographically accurate name: Plainview.
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Old 05-28-2013, 04:55 PM
 
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Frequently mispronounced by non-locals (including some non-local Texans): Burnet. This goes both for the actual town and county, as well as the long north-south street in Austin. It does NOT of course sound like the last name of a famous female comedian whose first name is Carol.
There's a skool here in Midland/Odessa named Burnet and the local media says it wrong all the time.
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Old 05-28-2013, 04:56 PM
 
Location: Greenville, Delaware
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Another cool name: Mineral Wells.

The town has an interesting history too, associated with its name, and is in kind of an interesting micro-environment, the Palo Pinto Mountains (hills, really).
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Old 05-28-2013, 04:58 PM
 
Location: Greenville, Delaware
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There's a skool here in Midland/Odessa named Burnet and the local media says it wrong all the time.
Sad, given that Burnet was an historic figure in the Texas Revolution.
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Old 05-28-2013, 05:01 PM
 
Location: Greenville, Delaware
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I always thought Kermit was an ugly name, whereas Wink just down the road sounded quite cool.
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Old 05-28-2013, 05:09 PM
 
Location: East Texas
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Texas names I like

Dallas
Houston
Austin
Galveston
Palestine
Midland
Amarillo
San Antonio
Jacksonville
Fairfield
Mineral Wells
Weatherford
Bridgeport
Beverly Hills
Irving
Arlington
Pasadena
Paris
Comanche
Nacogdoches
Texarkana
San Marcos
Eureka
Bay town
Bay City
Corpus Christi
Texas City
Gun Barrel City
Mabank
Freeport

Names I don't like
Wharton
Markham
Clute
Tomball
Lufkin
Latexo
Trinity
Lovelady
Ore City
Kaufman
Seagoville
Mansfield
Graham
Putnam
Strawn
Mingus
Pottsville
Goldwaite
Mullin

of course this is just some names...to name them all is writing a book
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Old 05-28-2013, 05:13 PM
 
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Sad, given that Burnet was an historic figure in the Texas Revolution.
I agree its sad
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Old 05-28-2013, 05:15 PM
 
Location: Greenville, Delaware
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A silly sounding name: Pflugerville

Kind of cool: Round Rock

Boring name: Manor (long A for those who don't know)

Nice name: Marble Falls
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