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Re: TAN: Cultural presuppositions

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, June 3, 1999, 20:01
John Cowan wrote:
> that hasn't stopped various people from *retconning* etymologies > from various Amerindian languages.
Hmm, I'd heard that it was from Spanish "qui=E9n no sabe", but your account does make more sense. --=20 "It's bad manners to talk about ropes in the house of a man whose father was hanged." - Irish proverb http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/X-Files http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-name: NikTailor