Canucks and kanakas

[David Robertson]

Howdy,

Just got E. Drechsel's & H. Makuakane's paper on Hawai'ian loanwords in
CJ.

Footnote 2 mentions the possible connection of "Kanaka" with "Canuck"
(originally 'an epithet for a dark-skinned French-Canadian of part-Indian
descent on the frontier').  Later the term, as the papers notes, became
general for all Canadians.

May I note that many people in the Spokane, Washington area at least, use
the term "Doukhobor" [du*k at bor] in a similar way.  No time to define the
term now, so I'll apologize, rrun, and point you to the encyclopedia.

Cheers,
Dave

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