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[quote=Anonymous]Woof.

As someone who was born and raised in Dallas this thread was... entertaining.

1.The names OP listed are very Dallas.  Dallas is very Catholic, especially in wealthy neighborhoods like University Park or Highland Park.  There are dozens of exclusive private Catholic schools in the areas (and Preston Hollow).

Names I hear in Dallas; 
- A lot of mothers maiden for boys (and some girls). Alder, Banks, Campbell, Daugherty, Ellis, Farrell, Wellington,  etc along with traditional names like William, Henry, John or Jack.  
- Surnames for girls are popular as well.  Unisex names or masculine names paired with Roman Catholic names like Mary or Elizabeth.  Yep.  I know George Elizabeth who went by Georgie Elizabeth.  Never Georgie or Elizabeth.  Mary is common, Mary Claire or Mary Kyle.  Sometimes girls will take on Grandmothers name paired with dads middle name.

Then of course you’ll have tons of Olivias and Liams as well.

2. Dallas is completely different from rural Texas.  Names are different and culture is different.  Rural Texas (I can speak for East Texas) is definitely southern culture.  Lots of Paisley/Pazleighs or Braxtons or Zaydens or Oakland or Kinsleys.  You get it.

3. Texas is absolutely the south.  Any Texan east of 35 will tell you Texas is the south.  It’s odd to me when folks from New England will argue with me that it’s not.  East Texas is regionally, geographically, religiously, politically,  culturally southern.  I’d argue that West Texas is the Southwest and that East Texas is the Deep South.  Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Houston are just their own cities that are deeply different from one another.   El Paso, sure,  Southwest.  Tyler, Texas?  The south.  Deeply southern.

But also yes, Texans also just see Texas as Texas.

This is also the silliest argument I’ve ever seen.   Texas is massive and full of many many many cultures.[/quote]

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