What ever you do, don't go mesachie

[David Robertson]

Thanks, Nadine!

So I still don't know what a mesachie box is, exactly.

And what the heck is a mesachie nose?!

Klahawiam naika,

Dave R.


On Fri, 9 Jul 2004 16:49:01 -0700, Nadine Pedersen
<nadine at HARBOURPUBLISHING.COM> wrote:

>I was reviewing some corrections to a book the other day with a man from
>Bella Coola. He pointed out that we'd erroneously given the
name "Mesatchie
>Nose" to a place in Bella Coola called Mesachie Nose. Recalling an earlier
>discussion on the word "mesachie box" on this list-serve I asked him if he
>knew what it meant. He told me that in Bella Coola if you call someone
>"Mesachie" it means they're crazy. "Specifically," he added, "crazy the
way
>you get when you're drunk and then destroy the bar."
>
>Have a great weekend everybody...
>
>Nadine
>

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