Klarinet Archive - Posting 000216.txt from 2008/05

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Thank you
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 12:17:48 -0400

Rien Stein wrote:
> I always pronounced it like "he", and I think I will continue to do so.
You're free to pronounce it anyway you like, but from (the not always
100% accurate but in this case ...) Wikipedia:

*Hiawatha* (also known as *Ayenwatha* or *Haiëñ'wa'tha*; Onondaga
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onondaga_language>)^[1]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiawatha#cite_note-0>

[1] Bright, William (2004). /Native American Place Names of the United
States/. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, ISBN 080613576X
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/080613576X> pg. 166

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