Whiskey jack [fwd from A. Grant]

[Dave Robertson]

I take the liberty of quoting you in your entirety (?), Anthony.  --  Dave

Subject:    whiskey jack
  Date:    Thu, 11 Jul 2002 20:02:49 +0100
  From:    "Anthony Grant" <Anthony.Grant3 at btinternet.com>
  To:    <TuktiWawa at netscape.net>
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Dear Dave:

The Plains Cree word wisahkecaahk refers nowafdays to the Cree culture hero and center of many myths.  (Michif-speakers, incidentally, more often tell stories about Nenabush - Nenabozho, who is ther Ojibwa cuulture hero).    I recall references to a Cree form which could be spelt /wiskicaan/ in Bill Bright's paper on language contact in N Am languages in Sebeok's 'Current Trends in Linguistics, in which he said the creature in question had its Cree name taken over as 'whiskey john' and then modified to 'whiskey jack'.

Hope this is some use!

Anthony




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