TV ad: "... a real dude ranch"

[Eric Nielsen]

I think cowboy (the noun) is OK in Laredo. At least on the streets.

There is "buckaroo", used in parts of Oregon and the Great Basin.

http://books.google.com/books/about/Buckaroo_Ranchers.html?id=oKs8nQEACAAJ

Eric





On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> > "cowboy" should be used only as a verb among (whatever cowboys are
> > supposed to be called).
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> a ranch =E2=80=9Ccommitted to conservation and improving the health of the
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> land for
> wildlife and livestock.=E2=80=9D
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> And they have redefined what a "ranch" is committed to.
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