Re: Sioux/German (was: RE: Black English (Was: Ebonic Xmass))

On 15 Jan 00, at 11:20, Aidan Grey wrote:
> And Rosta wrote:
> > John:
> > > > Why ebonIC?
> > > It's a silly name.  So is "Sioux".  So is "German".
> > How come?
>     I don't know about German, but "sioux" is a french spalling of an
> Apache word for enemy - hence the preference nowadays for Lakhota,
>
Isn't {comanche} also derived via a similar route?  ISTR it's from a
word (also Apache?) meaning someone who is vicious, agressive
and generally uncouth.  The Comanche for "Comanche", as I recall
it, is /n@m@ne/, or something along those lines?

As to the derivation of, and other words for, "german", that's a
subject that needs a list just for itself, I fear <G>.


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