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the origin of "Don't Mess with Texas"?
Posted on 2/26/14 at 8:43 am
Posted on 2/26/14 at 8:43 am
This is a passage from a book I've been reading:
However, wikipedia says:
quote:This part of the novel is set in Dallas in 1960.
I was propositioned by four hookers and a sidewalk vendor who was selling hubcaps, rhinestone-glittery straight razors, and Lone Star flags embossed with the words DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS. Try translating that one into Latin.
However, wikipedia says:
quote:So did the author commit an anachronism or is wikipedia wrong? Did the phrase really not appear before 1986?
The phrase Don't Mess with Texas is a trademark of the Texas Department of Transportation, which began as part of a statewide advertising campaignstarted in 1986.
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Posted on 2/26/14 at 8:46 am to genro
It's an anti-litter campaign that the state started.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 8:47 am to DCRebel
Did they actually start it or were they just the ones who trademarked it?
This post was edited on 2/26/14 at 8:49 am
Posted on 2/26/14 at 9:05 am to genro
Anti litter campaign.
Positive they were just the first ones to trademark/popularize it.
Positive they were just the first ones to trademark/popularize it.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 9:14 am to TbirdSpur2010
quote:Good. Looks like one novelist just avoided an angry letter. For now.
Positive they were just the first ones to trademark/popularize it.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 9:16 am to genro
Glad to save that poor novelist from literary destruction 
Posted on 2/26/14 at 9:20 am to genro
The TxDOT ad campaign just trademarked it, it was popular long before that. Contrary to popular belief (Randolph Duke incl) you do not have to be the first to use a phrase to trademark it.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 9:25 am to cokebottleag
quote:
Randolph Duke
I was doing my damndest not to go there
Posted on 2/26/14 at 10:29 am to TbirdSpur2010
FYI, I accepted the author's challenge. "Don't mess with Texas" in Latin would be
Non minare Texasa
Non minare Texasa
Posted on 2/26/14 at 12:20 pm to genro
non texasa minare
Subject before action similar to Spanish.
Not positive but nole should be used instead of non.
Subject before action similar to Spanish.
Not positive but nole should be used instead of non.
This post was edited on 2/26/14 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 2/26/14 at 2:05 pm to oR33Do
quote:Meh. Word order is unimportant in Latin, especially if you use correct grammar
Subject before action similar to Spanish.
Posted on 2/26/14 at 3:06 pm to genro
Shoulda used "Dont shite your own bed"..
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