Comments on: Rhymes With Texas

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 08:23:12 +0000

I prononce it Teh-Hass cause it sounds cool and because Im not actually from Teh-Hass so I can get away with it.

By: Tia

Tia — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:18:48 +0000

People in Texas pronounce it as texUS.

By: Random person

Random person — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:12:16 +0000

The Tejas is more the Mexican pronunciation so your question should actually read: “SPANISH MO-FO, DO YOU SPEAK IT?!?”

Plus, rhymes do not need to be exact, if I remember my high school English class. As long as they sound similar enough, it is considered a rhyme.

By: heaven_hill

heaven_hill — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:32:44 +0000

no. tejas is pronounced Teh-hass. ENGLISH MO-FO, DO YOU SPEAK IT?!?

By: Jessi

Jessi — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:03:20 +0000

Lol, this reminds me of the song ‘Where I Come From’ by Alan Jackson. Somehow, somewhere, somebody thought that the word ‘Ventura’ rhymed with the word ‘finger’.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:08:35 +0000

I think it’s right on the money. Steve Miller doesn’t put anything that actually rhymes with Texas in the song, but he still put it in (and by putting it in, he thinks it rhymes).

By: wimple

wimple — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:23:57 +0000

Or Tex ASS.

By: Spanglish

Spanglish — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:43:03 +0000

Properly, Texas is pronounced Teh-Hass.

By: fznord

fznord — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:37:44 +0000

Probably depends on your specific dialect. Here in the prairie provinces of Canada we use a schwa in Texas, so hexes, sexes, flexes, nexus, and lexus all work. “Respects us” and “protects us” are pretty iffy. YMMV.

By: kate

kate — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:01:44 +0000

but if the point of the joke is that nothing in the song actually rhymes with texas the circles should not overlap at all

By: someguy

someguy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:32:37 +0000

> Since when does “us” rhyme with “texas”?
when its proceded by “protects” so that they combination of sounds produced when said quickly is somewhat similar to the final syllable of “texas”… that is… since for ever

By: Raef

Raef — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:56:46 +0000

I was wondering if it was the point of the joke, but I’d never listened to the song (that I know of – I don’t recognize the title) and being at work I can’t really listen to the youtube.

I dunno why people think Texas is pronounced Teksus (It’s pronounced closer to ‘Teksiss’), but alrighty…

By: Colin

Colin — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:01:39 +0000

100% agree with Jones.

TekSUS and duh, thats the point. Couldn’t have said it any other way.

By: Eliza

Eliza — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:54:39 +0000

Don’t forget Bowling for Soup’s horrible attempt at “breastes.”

By: Jones

Jones — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:05:50 +0000

Well I believe that Texas has to be pronounced “TekSUS”, but it still works I suppose. Oh and the emptiness in the Venn Diagram overlap is exactly the point of the joke.

By: Raef

Raef — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:26:17 +0000

Agreed. If there’s a venn diagram, one really ought to put something in the middle.

Also, Since when does “us” rhyme with “texas”?

By: DaveF

DaveF — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:43:51 +0000

I don’t think respects us and protects us rhyme with Texas…

By: Nerdette

Nerdette — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:35:58 +0000

Good idea, bad execution