[Ads-l] [Non-DoD Source] "Niger" or "Niger"?

[Herb Stahlke]

For what it's worth, both pronunciations were current in Nigeria in the
60s.  Of course we Peace Corps Volunteers preferred the French.

Herb

On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Lindsey Graham:
>
> Nih-JEER.
>
> BTW, the only tigers in Africa in 1887 would have been imported from Asia,
> where they live.
>
> So it's just as conceivable that the incident occurred in Africa as
> anywhere else outside of Asia, as long as the tiger had been imported
> (perhaps escaped from a circus).
>
> One mustn't assume.
>
> Which is more likely in 1887 - a Nigerien in Asia or a tiger in Africa.
>
> Hmmm.....
>
> JL
> JL
>
> On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 7:44 AM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > "A Girl Who was Swimming the Niger"  © Warren A. Brewer
> >
> > A girl who was swimming the Niger
> > Encountered a wandering tiger
> > "How, what, when, and where
> > Did you get to Niger?"
> > "With a compass," he said, "and Geiger"
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