<BR><BR><B><I>David Robertson <ddr11@COLUMBIA.EDU></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <div> ...</div> <div>Le Jeune was fond of imagining such connections, claiming <BR>that "Lillooet" comes from "l'alouette" and that he'd once proved to a <BR>Jewish gentleman that a lot of Shuswap Salish words are related to <BR>Hebrew. <BR></div></BLOCKQUOTE> <div>This sounds familiar... There was a legend that the Native Americans were the descendants of the "Lost Tribes of Israel", thus any Hebrew-sounding words found in one language or other (chance resemblances, of course) would be a welcomed confirmation...</div> <div> </div> <div>Francisc<BR></div> <div> </div><p>
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