Lakota Concept of Zero

[shokooh Ingham]

Yes.  I'm sure you're right.  We used to use
Fahrenheight over here too, but have been affected by
the Europeans (Napoleon originally) and now think in
hundreds.  The Americans have remained truer to the
Anglo Saxon tradition
Bruce
--- Rory M Larson <rlarson at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote:

> > Osniochoka would mean "in the middle of the
> coldness"
> > ie "zero degrees centigrade"
> > Bruce
> 
> Neat!!  I hadn't thought of that, but it makes
> perfect sense.  But given
> that this word is established by the beginning of
> the 20th century, in
> Minnesota, isn't it more likely that it means "zero
> degrees Fahrenheit"?
> 
> Thanks for the insight!
> 
> Rory
> 
> 



	
	
		
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