the Lenape language

[Beverly Flanigan]

George, please do forward the full review to me.

Beverly Flanigan

At 05:14 PM 11/24/2004, you wrote:
>The opening paragraph of a review posted today to the NYHist list.  I will
>forward the full, very detailed review to those interested.
>
>A Philological Review of NATIVE NEW YORKERS: THE LEGACY OF THE ALGONQUIN
>PEOPLE OF NEW YORK, by Evan T. Pritchard, Council Oak Books, San Francisco
>and Tulsa, 2002.
>
>   Has there ever been a language subjected to so much abuse by
> pretentious dabblers, as the Lenape language? From Rafinesque's WALAM
> OLUM (and all its modern-day "translators") to Wenning's HANDBOOK OF THE
> DELAWARE INDIAN LANGUAGE, charlatans and dilettanti of every kind have
> had their goes at duping the general public (and sometimes academia!) by
> their linguistic legerdemain?often with surprising success. Evan T.
> Pritchard, Professor of Native American Studies at Marist College in
> Poughkeepsie, New York, has now given us another work in this
> genre?perhaps the worst yet.
>
>The reviewer identifies himself as Raymond Whritenour, LENAPE TEXTS & STUDIES
>
>GAT
>
>George A. Thompson
>Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
>Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.
>
>"We have seen the best of our time.  Machinations, hollowness, treachery,
>and all ruinous disorders follow us disquietly to our graves."  King Lear,
>Act 1, scene 2 (Gloucester speaking).
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mullins, Bill" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL>
>Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 12:08 pm
>Subject: breastaurant
>
> > This is a new one on me.
> >
> > http://www.overlawyered.com/archives/001735.html
> > "Trial began last week in a lawsuit filed by Hooters of America
> > against a
> > rival "breastaurant" operator named WingHouse, which also relies
> > on curvy
> > waitresses to sell sports-bar food and drink to a clientele of
> > young men. "
> >
> > A Yahoo search shows the term in the context of women who breast
> > feed their
> > babies.
> >