Names and words are interesting. I met a girl once whose name was Xan (pronouced Zan) The Yupik Eskimos of Alaska have a word of greeeting "Camai", pronounced "sha my". They in turn use a word "gussuk" as applied to a white man. I think it a bastardization of the word "Cossack" - a carryover from the historical Russian influence on the Alaska Native people. Regards, John rodgers 88 GL Driver Andrew Grebneff wrote: >> >Most of you guys have got it easy. Try getting someone to spell >> "Schwaia" >> >>> write the first time. No matter how slowly I spell it, the American >>> mind >> >> >cannot grasp the idea of "aia". It's quite funny. > > > sh-why-uh (or sh-vye-uh)? > > I wonder how most Americans would butcher NZ's Polynesian names... > > Wangaloa > Waikouaiti > Waihao > Eketahuna > Takaka > Tuatapere > Otago > Pikikiruna > Pupu > Tahunanui > Kaiteriteri > -- > Regards > Andrew > > |
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