Magical Moment 422, "'Texan' is a Foreign Language"

When we got our dog, Joy, I spent a great deal of time house-breaking and training her to be a well-behaved, obedient dog. I'm happy to say, I think she turned out pretty well. She travels with Eddie and I all over creation anytime we go on vacations or to visit family.

The first time we took her to Texas to see Eddie's family, we left her at my mother-in-law, Debbie's house for a while. I told her, "Joy will do pretty much whatever you tell her, so you shouldn't have any trouble. Just give her a command and she'll obey."

Later when Eddie and I returned to pick up Joy, Debbie said, "For the life of me, I couldn't get her to sit!"

I thought that was odd considering "sit" was doggy 101.

Debbie went on to demonstrate, "Joy, SI-YET!"

I laughed out loud and explained, "Joy thinks 'sit' is a one-syllable word!"

We completely forgot to take in account that very thick, Texas drawl! Poor Joy had no idea what Debbie was telling her to do. We all got a good laugh out of it and Debbie and Joy get along just fine now!

Debbie and Joy

Those crazy Texans!

My Texas Ranger

Texified

Texas Chicks

Comments

Linda at To Behold The Beauty said…

Oh, that's so funny. I can relate to Joy's confusion. We have stories about asking Southerners for directions and then trying to find the names of streets or businesses that match the words we heard. I don't know how long we searched for Mars Road one time before realizing that Myers Road was what we wanted. :)

April 2, 2011 at 2:56 PM

Kim@stuffcould.... said…

Yep I thought sit always had a long two syllable word. I am from GA, so I understand :)
kim

April 2, 2011 at 9:48 PM

Dawn said…

:)
It's funny how even one syllable can change an entire meaning:)))

April 2, 2011 at 9:59 PM

Rick said…

Ha ha ! Good one, Elizabeth.

Reminds me a a flight I was on out of Dallas, sitting beside a lady who had been in Waco around the time of the Branch Davidian troubles. She had quite some difficulty understanding what had transpired when a local told her about all the 'snappers' that had been there - after getting a better description, she figured out the man was talking about snipers !

April 4, 2011 at 1:20 AM

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