February 03, 2005 01:22PM
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In the old TV serial, "The Lone Ranger", the name of the Indian (Native American) side-kick was Tonto, which so far as I've ever heard, doesn't mean anything at all in English; I always presumed that Tonto was the character's own name, in his own language. Also, Tonto called the Lone Ranger "Kemo Sabe". There's been a lot of speculation and statements (which don't agree with each other) on just what "Kemo Sabe" meant, in Tonto's native tongue.
We're rehearsing speculations and (in my case, at least), joking on the subject. This comes on the heels of Stephanie's post about the John Wayne movies in which the Indian extras took humorous liberties with their non-scripted lines, added for color and verisimilitude, in their
own native languages.
Clearer, or did I make it worse?
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The Science of Discworld III: Darwin's Watch, by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen
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