On 03/08/2012 5:58 PM, Darren New wrote:
> I was amused at an American TV show, where the cop describes the other
> cop as a "loose cannon" or something like that, and the french subtitles
> translated it to "cowboy" (in English). Ah, so *that* is the weird
> stereotype others have of Americans: wild west themes.

In Britain nowadays, a cowboy is someone who does a shoddy job. E.g. a 
cowboy builder.

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Regards
     Stephen

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