Re: [OM] [OT] Pronouncing Native American names Was Re:Camera -- to abuse or not ?

[Roger D. Key]

I presume that Huey is just a contortion of Bell's name for the helicopter
- UH1 (Iroquois should just be pronounced as a French word).

Roger Key (both Limey and Canuck)



Piers wrote:

Does this give us know-nothing Limeys a clue as to how to pronounce the
name
of the tribe?

Nothingrhymeswithorange maybe, but does something rhyme with Huey?

Piers

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Subject: Re: [OM] Re:Camera -- to abuse or not ?

--snip

Iroquois helicopter, affectionately known as the "Huey."

--snip

Garth






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