'eight' some more

[Koontz John E]

On Tue, 4 May 2004, Michael Mccafferty wrote:
> However, to someone who knows Miami-Illinois and the the historical
> sources of that language, <MONS8PELEA> jumps out as clearly as, say,
> "Jacksonsville" would to a speaker of English.

Or perhaps a more apt comparison would be Jackalopeville.

However, I don't think Bob is necessarily claiming that the name is
Siouan, only that the Ofo were answering it to it and variants of it, to
the extent that at the turn of the nineteenth century they were using a
version that had been put through characteristically Ofo sound changes.