Bin Laden and PC

[Jonathan Lighter]

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Surely it's a "white" name (a version of Hieronymous or Jerome), not an
indigenous one.

Calling Bin Laden a fake-Indian name is even worse! Or not as bad!

JL
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Charles C Doyle <cdoyle at uga.edu> wrote:

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> How did the Amerindian leader get that name?  Surely it's a "white" name (a
> version of Hieronymous or Jerome), not an indigenous one.  I'm having a hard
> time finding the answer!
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> --Charlie
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_bin_laden_geronimo
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> I guess none of spokesindividuals are familiar with the use of "Geronimo!"
> as a paratrooper's motto, based on the Burt Lancaster movie.
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> JL
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