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Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz  路  activity timestamp last week

#TIL that the cowboy term "buckeroo" is believed to be an anglicization of the Spanish term vaquero, meaning cowherd. From the Latin "vacca", meaning cow;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaquero

From which we also get the word "vaccine";

https://www.etymonline.com/word/vaccine

Fuck I love #Wikipedia and #Etymonline : )

#westerns #cowboys

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Ekaitz Zarraga 馃懝
@ekaitz_zarraga@mastodon.social replied  路  activity timestamp last week
@strypey vaca is also cow in spanish.

We call the Westerns "pel铆culas de vaqueros".

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