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Re: How to pronounce words    (for Dennis)

From: MaryEllen Flynn              mebflynn@comcast.net
Date: 4/15/2003
Time: 1:40:55 AM
Remote Name: 68.45.172.200

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Dennis: When I saw the words Woaphokaquawon Achgeketum, I had a thought that they might be a name awarded to a Vigil Member of the Boy Scouts ORDER of the ARROW Honor Camping society. So I looked thru the OA handbook and found: Woaphokquawon which is supposed to mean "Grey Hair.' The only difference between what you typed and what I found is that your version as an extra "a". The founders of the OA (which took place on BSA camp Treasure Island inthe middle of the Delaware River) in order to give a Lenape "flavor " to their ceremonies, picked a dictionary by Daniel Brinton, which according to Delaware linguists is NOT very reliable in the way words are "created" and spelled. I foundsereal words that stared with ACH but didn't come close to achgeketum. WANISHI!

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