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To: TLI
Actually, if I followed their lead I would be going around telling folks I am a Native Tejan, or somthing along those lines.

It would be "Tejano", except that term has long ago taken on a meaning different than a citizen of Tejas, to mean a "Texan of Hispanic ancestory". I like "Texican" myself, even though I'm not native born (But neither were Sam Houston,aka Big Drunk, Jim Bowie, David Crockett, or Stephen F. Austin), since it was the term used in the early days, both before, during and after the period of the Texas Republic. I don't know when it got changed to the more conventional "Texan".

105 posted on 03/29/2009 11:50:54 AM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: El Gato
I like "Texican" myself,

It is a natural tendency I suppose that over time descriptive names become shorter. That is why I never understood why “Tejan” and “Tejans” never caught on. It is easily pronounced and fairly accurate. Tejan would be the common form and Tejano would denote Hispanic ancestry.

But of course, as it is with many things, that would be far too simple and might actually work well, therefore it will never happen.

Weird.

113 posted on 03/29/2009 12:41:42 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: El Gato
I don't know when it got changed to the more conventional "Texan".

Might have been to separate y'all from the Texaco employees...

139 posted on 03/29/2009 10:24:54 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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