On 25-May-12 11:31 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: > Actually I don't know a single word in any Indian language -- > excluding those that have been appropriated in to English -- other > than, of course, Cherokee, Sioux, Apache, Wampanoag, Hopi, Navaho, > Iroquois, etc -- so this whole thread is entirely fascinating, but > in a totally abstract sense. > > jrs > > > Moccasin? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moccasin > > Totem? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totem
Suresh already pointed out that John said "excluding those that have been appropriated in to English", but your parse error is rather deeper than that - he actually claims to KNOW words in "Cherokee, Sioux, Apache, Wampanoag, Hopi, Navaho, Iroquois, etc" - so your examples are erroneous. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
