# Say you're a hick or just a funny guy, if you please **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-youre-a-hick-or-just-a-funny-guy-if-you-please/1015549 "2025-03-14T00:20:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-youre-a-hick-or-just-a-funny-guy-if-you-please/1015549/21 "2025-03-14T20:54:49Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > You’re trying too hard. Much too hard. There’s no such thing as a Tesla “R”, or even a Tesla Model R. The roadster model is simply called the Tesla Roadster. Nobody would call it anything else. [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch)? v=ZJ-c9lPZJJI [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch)? v=reezOmod5Ow I’m not trying hard at all when the first two search results refer to it as a “Tesla R” and a “Tesla Model R” respectively. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-youre-a-hick-or-just-a-funny-guy-if-you-please/1015549/22 "2025-03-14T21:07:28Z")
I’m not going to try to assemble and follow your broken YouTube links, but when the nation’s First Idiot refers to the Tesla as the “Tesler” I think we have all the evidence we need. I don’t doubt that there are other idiots, below the stature of the First Idiot, to make fools of themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-youre-a-hick-or-just-a-funny-guy-if-you-please/1015549/23 "2025-03-14T21:32:16Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I’m not going to try to assemble and follow your broken YouTube links Just double-click the v= part. Right click and select Search Google For. It will take you right to the video. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-youre-a-hick-or-just-a-funny-guy-if-you-please/1015549/24 "2025-03-14T21:35:42Z")
I bet Bubba the Hick in the Wal-Mart queue didn’t know what the heck ya’ll talking 'bout. In so many ways. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-youre-a-hick-or-just-a-funny-guy-if-you-please/1015549/25 "2025-03-14T21:49:27Z")
That is a characteristic of both the southern and NYC drawl. I don’t (well, try not to) laugh at other people’s accents. There is plenty to ridicule MAGAts for. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-youre-a-hick-or-just-a-funny-guy-if-you-please/1015549/26 "2025-03-15T01:12:54Z")
Is a tessler someone who creates tessellations? ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-youre-a-hick-or-just-a-funny-guy-if-you-please/1015549/27 "2025-03-19T00:34:46Z")
I have mentioned before that an Asian friend of ours pronounces it, “Tes-a la”. It has a nice ring to it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-youre-a-hick-or-just-a-funny-guy-if-you-please/1015549.md?page=1)