[net.misc] "Houston" pronunciation

riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (08/26/83)

     People from Houston don't say "hue-ston", although other Texans do.
True Houstonites (God pity their poor souls) say "you-stun".

     Then there's always Pedernales State Park.  The Spanish name refers
to flint and is pronounced (excuse the awful Berlitzification) "pay-there-
NAH-lace".  The Texan pronunciation, however, is "Purd 'n Alice".