Re: placename nomenclature [was Re: Attn: Spanish speakers]

Quoting Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>:

> Thomas Wier wrote:
> >Quoting Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>:
> >
> > > Thomas Wier wrote:
> > > Although the modern
> > > >inhabitants of Texas are called Texans, they were not always so:
> > > >during the Republic, they were "Texians", and that is still the
> > > >appropriate adjective for people living in Texas between 1817
> > > >and 1845.
> > >
> > > I seem to remember seeing the form "Texacans" somewhere. Has it be
> >correct
> > > usuage during some period or in some context, or is it merely a
> >weirdity?
> >
> >No, I've never seen that used in serious writing.  I have
> >seen it used as a joking reference to Texas dialect of
> >English, or to Texans living outside jokingly referring to
> >their heritage, and even once nonjokingly as a synonym for
> >TexMex food.
>
> If it's used jokingly, where's the joke in incerting an extra
> -ac-?
(I didn't say *I* found it funny. ;( )

> Meant to simultaneously recall "Texan" and "Mexican", or what?
Yes. And not necessarily used just by Anglos: one person I found
using it was a Tejano from Laredo.

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