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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---------- Forwarded message ----------
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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