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Offline Capt Hamp Cox

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« on: February 01, 2003, 09:59:33 AM »
For those of you not fortunate enough to have been born and raised in Cowboy Country

http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/9722/dl/undead/slang.htm
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« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2003, 03:15:14 AM »
A lot in there I've never heard. Thanks.

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« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2003, 03:44:36 AM »
I remember my maternal grandparents using some of that terminology on occasion.
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« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2003, 06:02:43 AM »
musta been written by a dude, some of them aren't quite in the same context that ma granpaw's used'em  :-D  :-D
Thanks, I enjoyed those, I think there were very few that I hadn't heard used one way or the other.  I definately enjoyed seeing them, my wife got a kick out of them too.
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« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2003, 11:07:22 AM »
Another batch with some of obvious Spanish language influence.

http://www.texiancowboy.com/lingo/index.htm
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