[LM_NET] Off-Topic: Old saying or idiom, "trip proud"

[Mary Ann Bell <drmaryannbell@GMAIL.COM>]

One of my favorite newspaper columnists, Texan Leon Hale, once wrote about
having the condition called "trip proud" whereby you are very excited and
jazzed up about an upcoming journey. It is appropriate for me, since I am
two days away from a trip to New York City and Washington DC, teaching a
travel study class.Yep, I am excited! I am also wondering if this expression
is unique to Texas. The only other reference I could find to it on the
Internet was a travel blog, and the woman writing it is a Texan. I would be
interested in knowing if anybody out there has heard this saying. I feel
sure it is old-fashioned but wonder if it is very regional as well. Up and
at 'em since 4 AM and TIA, mabell

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"Try curiosity!"--Dorothy Parker
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Dr. Mary Ann Bell
Associate Professor, Library Science
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX
drmaryannbell@gmail.com
lis_mah@shsu.edu

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