Le Sanglais

[lcumberl at indiana.edu]

I have often wondered if these terms didn't derive from some variant of sassenax
or saghenax (I'm not sure of the exact form), which was a Scottish derogatory
term for the British.

Linda

Quoting Louis Garcia <Louis_Garcia at littlehoop.cc>:

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> Hi Gang:
> I thought I would interject my two cents here.
> The Dakota here at Ft. Totten use the term sahda, sometimes sahdas'a for the
> Metis.
> The Nakota (I know there are problems using this term) here say sagkda.
> Years ago when most of the old timers who had gone to school with the Metis
> were still alive, they hated the metis guts because they were punished more
> than the Metis. They really drew out the pronunciation in contempt.
> Thankfully this animosity has changed, and everyone jokes with each other.
> Years ago I asked James H. Howard about these terms and he said the term was
> from Gaelic, learned from the British soldiers during the French and Indian
> wars through the War of 1812.
> Was he correct?
> Later,
> LouieG
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