More Texas Sayings Than You Can Shake a Stick at

by Anne Dingus

Book Overview

For years Austin writer Anne Dingus collected downhome Lone Star sayings for Texas Monthly, which ran them as a regular feature. Then it upped and printed them all in a book, that sold and sold. Now... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877192928
• ISBN13: 9780877192923
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Don't Squat with yer Spurs On . . .

That saying and many others your dad used to dish up are all listed in reference form in "More Texas Sayings..." You want to know how to tell someone to get lost? Look up "Unwelcome," and find, "As welcome as... an egg suckin' dog, an outhouse breeze, and a porcupine at a nudist colony." All right, so there were a few missing, like my dad's personal favorite, regarding why undesirable people still manage to get hitched- "There's a butt for every saddle." And there's a phrase to suit every person in "More Texas Sayings..."