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From: Aleta Turner <aletamosquito at gmail.com>
Subject: LL-L 'Language varieties' 2007.02.07 (10) [E]

> From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
>  Subject: LL-L 'Language varieties' 2007.02.06 (10) [E]

> That's got to be one of World's best place names hasn't it?  It is
> originally Blackfoot (who don't like to be called Blackfoot, but to my
shame
> I can't recall their real name).

from <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackfoot>:

"The Blackfoot Confederacy is the collective name of three First Nations in
Alberta and one Native American tribe in Montana.

"The Blackfoot Confederacy consists of the North Peigan (Aapatohsipiikanii),
the South Peigan (Aamsskaapipiikanii), the Kainai Nation (Blood), and
the Siksika
Nation ("Blackfoot") or more correctly Siksika ("Blackfoot people"). The
South
Peigan are located in Montana, and the other three are located in
Alberta. Together
they call themselves the Niitsitapii (the "Real People"). These groups
shared a
common language and culture, had treaties of mutual defense, and
freely intermarried."

<snip>
> About 1810 or thereabouts, as far as can be worked out, some genius
decided
> it would be fun to hide under the overhang and watch the bison tumble down
> in front of him.
>
> He waited. And waited. And getting impatient, decided to look out from his
> refuge to see if they were coming yet.....!!

Were the Darwin Awards around then...  ;-)

Aleta

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