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The Texanist: Is “Hoot” a Texas Nickname?
Q: When I was growing up in a Humble Oil and Refining Company employee camp in Andrews County, I knew a man named Hoot Gibson. After recently seeing that name in an obituary, I did some research and found a movie star, an astronaut, an MLB pitcher, and others named Hoot Gibson. I’m wondering about the origin of Hoot, especially if it has any Texas ties.David Seay, Franklin, TennesseeA: The Texanist, as his increasingly craggy visage attests, has been around for a good while. As such, he’s met many people over the years. But he has never, to the best of his recollection, met a single Hoot Gibson or, for that matter, any Hoots at all.The name, though, is not wholly unfamiliar to the Texanist,…The post The Texanist: Is “Hoot” a Texas Nickname? appeared first on Texas Monthly.