Another Texas thread

[dualstow]

I was going to append the following question to the stay safe austin people thread, but didn’t want to alarm anyone.

I just want to know if it’s common to refer to your father as “Daddy” in Texas, even through adulthood. I saw ochotona do it once, and then read Lawrence Wright using it in his ‘God Save Texas’ book.

Doesn’t really warrant its own thread, but it’s too long for a signature. More Texas questions to follow, I’m sure.

[Mountaineer]

Is this in reference to Daddy Longlegs or Puff Daddy or generic Daddy? . It’s been several decades since I lived in Texas but I do seem to remember use of Daddy to refer to ones father.

[Xan]

I think it's a Southern thing. Probably more recently, with the homogenization of the culture in big cities, more of a rural Southern thing.

[dualstow]

Aha, thank you.

[ochotona]

Maybe related ... I had cousins who grew up in Texas, and they all ended up with a Y at the end of their name (Bobby, Johnny, etc.) And I had several Bobby's in my group when I worked in Texas.

My daughter is Audrey

My son is Alex... hmmm, Alexey would turn him into a Russian. Proof of collusion.

[Mountaineer]

Maybe related ... I had cousins who grew up in Texas, and they all ended up with a Y at the end of their name (Bobby, Johnny, etc.) And I had several Bobby's in my group when I worked in Texas.

My daughter is Audrey

My son is Alex... hmmm, Alexey would turn him into a Russian. Proof of collusion.

[Kriegsspiel]

Audrey is a great girls name. Well chosen!

[gaddyslapper007]

Texas born....still here. Only one of my friends still refers to his dad as "Daddy". We gave him shit over it in our high school / college years.

Thinking back on it......I remember my dad telling me I'm "too old to call him Daddy anymore". I would guess around age 10? maybe I don't recall exactly, but I do know we were in his truck at the time.

[dualstow]

I kind of like it. I couldn’t get away with it, but I like it as a southern thing. I can picture W doing it, or maybe I even saw him (a portrayal) doing in the biopic.

[Libertarian666]

Maybe related ... I had cousins who grew up in Texas, and they all ended up with a Y at the end of their name (Bobby, Johnny, etc.) And I had several Bobby's in my group when I worked in Texas.

My wife and all of her siblings have that same ending, suitably adjusted for gender:
Bobby
Bebe
Annie
Patty
Susie

I guess that must be a Texan thing although I have never thought about it that way before.

[dualstow]

Has anyone read the Robert Caro series on LBJ? Good stuff (so far)