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BenLeMan ,

Same with “mosey,” I think.

someguy3 OP ,

1829, “move off or away, get out,” American English slang, of unknown origin, perhaps related to British dialectal mose about “go around in a dull, stupid way.” Or perhaps from some abbreviation of Spanish vamos (see vamoose). Related: Moseyed; moseying.

Seems a little long reach to vamos.

totallynotarobot ,

I think varmints are necessarily li’l, not little.

Monkeyhog ,

Ain’t that pretty fucking obvious?

someguy3 OP ,

TYL not everyone is well acquainted with Spanish.

redbr64 ,
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I am a fluent English speaker (in the US for a few decades) who knows Spanish (native speaker of Portuguese which also uses vamos), and thinks about etymology all the time - it never occurred to me lol. I just thought it was some weird old timey american thing lol

Kusimulkku ,

I thought it funniest that “vamoose” is even considered a separate thing and not just Americans using a Spanish word

Akasazh ,
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In retrospect, yes, very.

LongbottomLeaf ,

Buckaroo, vaquero, vaccine!

Nyoka ,

No one tell them about “hoosegow”.

ivanafterall ,
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Come on, vamonos, everybody let's go!

guyrocket ,
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Funny thing related to this: I've heard that the Chevy Nova (car) was put out for sale in Mexico. No one bought it because "Nova" = "No va" = no go. No one wanted the "no go" car.

Lith ,
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The Chevrolet Nova sold very well in Latin American markets; General Motors did not need to rename the car. While no va does mean “it doesn’t go” in Spanish, nova was easily understood to mean “new”.

Sticky073 ,
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Thank you for spreading the good word

Dagwood222 ,

Print the legend…

Dagwood222 ,

One third of the real cowboys were Mexican, another third were Black. Cowboy was a terrible job, and they were mostly despised as "saddle tramps’ until the sheep herder/cattle rancher wars. The ranchers, and later Wild West shows, played up the romance of the cowboy.

capt_wolf ,
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We literally got the entire western film genre as a result.

See the entire sub-plot of Oklahoma or McClintock for more details.

Dagwood222 , (edited )

Not an expert, but I’d bet that there were absolutely no TV or movie Westerns about a brave sheepherder.

edit = Apparently, there was at least one, ‘The Sheepman’ with Glen Ford. Thanks to Capt. Wolf for the link.

For a movie from [a slightly] Indian perspective, check out ‘Little Big Man.’

youtu.be/7K4l5ZZe4-k

capt_wolf ,
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Apparently not true! The Sheepman came out in '58 with a pretty insane cast no less!

Dagwood222 ,

You got me, partner. There was one. And you’re right, that’s a great cast.

But do yourself a favor and see ‘Little Big Man.’

capt_wolf , (edited )
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I think I saw it quite a few years ago, but I’ll have to refresh my memory.

Dagwood222 ,

Enjoy

ultranaut ,

The book it’s based on is supposed to be very good too.

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