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<DIV><FONT size=2>Dear all,</FONT></DIV>
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size=2> At the
risk of reintroducing a question which might previously have been asked on this
list, can anyone tell me why early accounts of the Mandans suggest that
they are a lost Welsh tribe, having words supposeedly cognate with Welsh words,
and one report even speaks of a Welshman communicating with the natives in his
mother tongue. There are accounts, of course, of a Prince Madoc sailing to
America long before Columbus; but does anyone know of any reason why these
reports should have singled out the Mandans? Is it something to do with the
lateral sounds of that language and the Welsh _ll_ sound of
_Llangollen_?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Secondly, could Alan Hartley tell me if there is an e-mail
number I could write to point out a couple of (in my opinion) incorrect
etymologies in the OED. Thank you.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Dr M. Suleiman</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>