just wondering?

[SpeakingOwl]

In my travels i have heard other tribal languages and have heard words that occur in varying languages that sound alike.

as an example a like "Poos" in some northwest languages means "cat" that is because of english introduction of that animal.

one word I'd like to know is mah-moo. what does it mean in other languages.

[Wakalapi]

Some NW languages are hard to compare. I think one of the coastal tribes has a word for "cat" is something like saying "psshh-psshh" (www.elwha.org and click on Language and Alphabet or something like that). Somebody told me that the Athabascan langauge from Alaska is the father of many of the other langauges ranging all the way down into the southwest. Are you looking for similarities in neighboring languages, or are you curious about languages throughout the continent?

[SpeakingOwl]

Actually it is more of a professional courtesy that i try to not offend any one when i travel into thier country to do my presentations. One insance that I'll relate is while making a joke concerning sioux and other tribes that are said to eat dog, i said that for those tribes might consider chihuahua as mexican food.
But, when i pronounced "chihuahua" instead of saying as one normaly does i said "chi-hoo-ah-hoo-ah" and was held to task because what i had said in a language up north in canada was something vulgar in the line of wanting to copulate with someone.

[wannabeUrNo1Snag]

Originally posted by SpeakingOwl
Actually it is more of a professional courtesy that i try to not offend any one when i travel into thier country to do my presentations. One insance that I'll relate is while making a joke concerning sioux and other tribes that are said to eat dog, i said that for those tribes might consider chihuahua as mexican food.
But, when i pronounced "chihuahua" instead of saying as one normaly does i said "chi-hoo-ah-hoo-ah" and was held to task because what i had said in a language up north in canada was something vulgar in the line of wanting to copulate with someone.

hey that one about the chihuahua being mexican food wuz funny :Chatter

[Singing Eagle]

Yeah it's good to check out other languages!

I'm Ojib but only speak lil of the language!

Numerous years ago when I knew even less of the language I taught an adult education/GED class - as part of the class I taught them strategies to improve their ability to remember infomation.

One technique called pneumatic devices brought alot of giggling and whispers. After class I asked one of the ladies about that and she said I had said something to do with having sex.



Remember Chey's big "loser" moment: they tried to market the NOVA in Mexico - "no va" means "no go" in spanish!:D

[SpeakingOwl]

Yeah speaking of chevy making a mistake with NOVA, in the yakama language the word "passat" means a little piece of feces.

[wannabeUrNo1Snag]

Originally posted by Singing Eagle

Remember Chey's big "loser" moment: they tried to market the NOVA in Mexico - "no va" means "no go" in spanish!:D

:Chatter

[tradish_wiyan]

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