He told us that he didn't want a job in the mine because his oldest brother had worked in mines and got sili-kitis. He didn't care much for his last boss, but he was a jokable feller, you could say that. In the old days, adventuring men and women of the great wild West practically handcarved their speech just as they hewed their furniture and whittled their accessories. In limited cultural environment there was little need for erudite vocabularies. Today, even in the Far West, people are alert and striving to be up to date in everything, including oral expression.
Nobody disapproves of that.
The boss was always The Ole Man, even if only nineteen years old. Here it was that I posed a problem. I have been the boss of this outfit almost since the beginning, but obviously of the wrong sex. So in my case, the men on the place, when wanting to be formal, have resorted to Spanish-calling me La Patrona or La Maestra . Associates, favored or despised, always had ole preceding their names.