Bernie Movie - Map of Texas

MIGLEXFilms · 879K views · 2012 · 1:01

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Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as a joke or illustration in threads about Texas geography and speech.

What it is

A one-minute clip from the film Bernie in which a Carthage, Texas resident describes the five 'states' of Texas. It is a folksy bit of regional geography humor.

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What Hacker News said

Cites look_lookatme · 2018-02 · on “Talk Like a Texan: How Texans Use “Down,” “Out,” “Over,” and “Up””

One BIG thing worth noting is Texas, almost formally, redefines the cardinal directions [1], so it's even harder to parse what up/down/out/over are. [1] [this video]