Re: CHAT: Hawaiian Money (was Re: NATLANG/FONT: the euro & 01.01.02)

Buck knife.

Adam

>From: David Peterson <DigitalScream@...>
>Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
>To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
>Subject: Re: Hawaiian Money (was Re: NATLANG/FONT: the euro & 01.01.02)
>Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 21:10:45 EST
>
>In a message dated 12/14/01 5:06:53 PM, anstouh@YAHOO.COM.AU writes:
>
><< Is `buck' short for something? (`Buck' is also valid in Aussie English.)
> >>
>
>     Buckskin.  Perhaps there was a time when the skin of a buck was worth
>a
>dollar?
>
>-David
>
>"Zi hiwejnat zodZaraDatsi pat Zi mirejsat dZaCajani sUlo."
>"The future's uncertain and the end is always near."
>                 --Jim Morrison

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