klahowya (fwd)
David Robertson
drobert at TINCAN.TINCAN.ORG
Wed Jan 20 04:09:54 UTC 1999
[Barbara, I'm on a rampage of forwarding today. :-) Thus your note is
showing up in the public forum. Kloshe-na? -- Dave]
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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 99 16:25:06 PST
From: GRADMA at UVVM.UVIC.CA
To: David Robertson <drobert at TINCAN.TINCAN.ORG>
Subject: Re: klahowya
Dave:
The "Clark, how are ya?" etymology for 'klahowya' refers to the Clark of
Lewis and..., when they arrived at the mouth of the Columbia. Not nit-
picking, just keeping the record straight.
Barbara.
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