We don't care what people think. Texans' diction is elite. Illustration: Lindsey Bailey/Axios
How youpronounce certain words may determine how Texan you are, according to Texans Kelly Clarkson and Matthew McConaughey.
Driving the news: Clarkson and McConaughey pronounce Washington as "Washinton," New Orleans as "New Or-lins" and the word poem as "pome."
What they're saying: McConaughey is a professor, so we'll have to take his word for it.
"We sound uneducated but we're so lovely," Clarkson told him when he appeared on "The Kelly Clarkson Show" last year. The show reshared the clip on social media this month.
Zoom out: Their conversation made us wonder: How do you pronounce words like coyote, library, pecan, Guadalupe, Whataburger and Pedernales?
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