[lit-ideas] Re: May One?
- From: david ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 17:54:43 -0700
On May 1, 2018, at 9:47 PM, david ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Today is Beltane, celebrated by ancient peoples.
A friend kindly tracked down how flatbreads and a group of indigenous people
have the same name:
"The word for frybread comes from the old English word "bannock," which means a
pan-cake. The tribal name Bannock is said to come from the Paiute word
Pannakwati (or Banakwut), which means "riverside." The Bannock Indians are
native people of Idaho, Oregon, and Utah.
I do wonder whether whoever heard Banakwut and got the translation thought,
“Bannockburn.” Some Scottish fur trapper?
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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