I Live in a NEIGHBORHOOD!!!!

[Carrikature]

Actually, in Texas we call it a "tank" - though it's more of a pond than a lake, and it's on about 45 acres.

My wife and I just had this conversation a couple of days ago. She'd read some article about words only Texans use. Of course, I grew up calling them 'stock tanks' while she'd only heard 'tank'.

[Cow Poke]

My wife and I just had this conversation a couple of days ago. She'd read some article about words only Texans use. Of course, I grew up calling them 'stock tanks' while she'd only heard 'tank'.

Yeah, I think that's regional, cause sometimes - like in East Texas - I hear "stock tank", but around here, it's generally "tank". And I guess it's generally assumed that this refers to a "tank" where stock is watered.

[Carrikature]

Yeah, I think that's regional, cause sometimes - like in East Texas - I hear "stock tank", but around here, it's generally "tank". And I guess it's generally assumed that this refers to a "tank" where stock is watered.

Dialects inside of a dialect. Welcome to Texas.

[Jedidiah]

Actually I have heard stock tank used in California. I have never been close enough to the subject to know what is normally used.

[Cow Poke]

Dialects inside of a dialect. Welcome to Texas.

Yeah, it's kinda funny when somebody calls it a "pond" or a "lake", and gets corrected to "tank" -- like... "how in the WORLD can you call a small body of muddy water a TANK?"

[mossrose]

Yeah, it's kinda funny when somebody calls it a "pond" or a "lake", and gets corrected to "tank" -- like... "how in the WORLD can you call a small body of muddy water a TANK?"

They are sloughs around here.

[Cow Poke]

They are sloughs around here.

Like the Slough of Despond in Pilgrim's Progress?

And how do you pronounce 'slough'?

[mossrose]

Like the Slough of Despond in Pilgrim's Progress?

And how do you pronounce 'slough'?

Well, probably not exactly like the Slough of Despond. But usually a muddy sort of pond thingy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slough_(hydrology)

And I pronounce "slough" "slew".

At least that's how my Dad told me it was pronounced. So, of course, that is the correct way to pronounce it.

If you don't believe me, here is a whole list of words that rhyme with slough.

http://rhymes.merriam.com/r/slough

[Sparko]

Why dough you pronounce slough "slew"?

[Jedidiah]

They are sloughs around here.

A tank is an artificial body of water. Sometimes quite large sometimes smaller.

[mossrose]

A tank is an artificial body of water. Sometimes quite large sometimes smaller.

I think some sloughs are man-made, as well.

[Cow Poke]

A tank is an artificial body of water. Sometimes quite large sometimes smaller.

Correct, and in Texas, they're dug out, then lined with clay.

[Carrikature]

Correct, and in Texas, they're dug out, then lined with clay.

In some parts of Texas, digging them out accomplishes lining with clay.

[Cow Poke]

In some parts of Texas, digging them out accomplishes lining with clay.

True. Or you can just build a pottery business and dig the clay out of your back yard!

[Jedidiah]

I think some sloughs are man-made, as well.

Never heard of such a thing. Hmmm.