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   From: grammatim@worldnet.att.net   
      
   TODD TAMANEND CLARK wrote:   
   >   
   > > Peter T. Daniels wrote:   
   > > > > "Ten Little Indians." Their very first album,   
   > > > > *Surfin' Safari*.   
   > > >   
   > > > It's probably been forty years since I last heard   
   > > > that album in its entirety, and I can't remember   
   > > > that song in particular, but from the title, I   
   > > > would imagine that it likely promotes unfortunate   
   > > > stereotypes. What are the lyrics?   
   > >   
   > > Well, I'm certainly not going to listen to it a   
   > > dozen times and try to write them down for you!   
   > > Maybe there's a website?   
   >   
   > I looked it up on a lyrics site.   
   >   
   > It uses the offensive word "squaw" seven times.   
   >   
   > "Squaw" translates into English as the taboo word   
   > "cunt".   
      
   This is an urban legend. Consult linguists -- if anyone living speaks   
   your ancestral language, they might tell you that "squaw" means 'cunt'   
   in some _other_ Native language, but there's no known (living or dead)   
   language in which it does.   
      
   "Squaw" is offensive _in English_ because of its meaning _in English_.   
   --   
   Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)