Re: Word usage in group versus out of group.
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, May 22, 1999, 18:51 |
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FFlores wrote:
> I have here two more possible sources, Native American ones!
> One is the name of the chief (dunno which tribe) Old Keokuk,
> who signed peace treaties with his initials. The other's a
> word _okeh_, meaning "let it be so" (dunno which language).
Those are old theories, but considered unlikely.
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