**  Texas Speak  **

Phrases and their definitions straight from a real live cowboy...

*  The engine's runnin' but ain't nobody driving...(Not especially intelligent.)

*  Big hat, no cattle...(All talk and no action.)

*  We've howdied but we ain't shook yet...(We've made a brief acquaintance, but not been formally introduced.)

*  He's got tongue enough for 10 rows of teeth...(Talks a lot.)

*  He looks like the dog's been keepin' him under the porch...(Not the most handsome of men.)

*  They ate supper before they said grace...(Living in sin.)

*  As full of wind as a corn-eating horse...(prone to boasting.)

Kevin

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