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Old 18-07-2007, 16:34   #8
MargaretR
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Re: Foreign sounding names

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Originally Posted by Eric View Post
Doesn't matter so much here; apart from the First Nations, everyone is a foreigner And most Aboriginal people have English/Scottish/French names. Aboriginal languages only survive as co-opted words; "vegetarian" for example is an Algonquin word meaning "he who can't hunt worth a damn."
LOL - I must remember to tell my vegetarian son that one
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