Texas Just Showed The World Why It’s, uhm, texas. And The Pundits Are Pissed

And all it took was the Governor’s pen

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“‘Det var helt texas!’ (That was very completelytotally texas!).” Norwegian saying

Not too long ago, a Norwegian fisherman had this epic battle with a rare fish. A type of swordfish, the article read. As the story unfolds, the fisherman gets excited as he pseudo re-enacts the boat-borne battle to the reporter. In the end, when he hauls his catch into the rig, he says…” it was totally texas!!”

The same thing happened when Norwegian police chief Knut Danielsen described a reckless car chase, with long-haul truck drivers involved, somewhere in the south of Norway. In the interview after the hunt, he stated that the event “was absolutely texas!”

As I read these, and likely as you read these now, you’re inner grammar police may be emerging because I did not capitalize the “T” in t(T)exas, and that I most certainly used the Lone Star State in the wrong context.

Blasphemy!

Right?

Weeeeell not so fast partner.

Now here’s the thing.