From: gregerh@spamblock.net   
      
   On 31 Oct 2003 06:36:08 -0600, spottedpony@dontemailme.com (Apple   
   Loosa) wrote:   
      
   >   
   >It evidently was   
   >not intended as a derogatory term initially,   
   >but was in recognition of how much whiter the   
   >eyes of anglo-europeans were compared to   
   >those of the indigenous tribes in N.Amer.   
   >   
   >Anyone have any more definitive information   
   >on its origins, use, etc?   
   >   
   >Also, I'm curious about what the indigenous   
   >tribes thought of the first encounters with   
   >Afro-Amer blacks in "those days?" Were they   
   >also called "white eyes?"   
      
   It could also be a just a language quirk. Here in Northern Norway we   
   often say "eyes" when meaning the entire face. People from the   
   southern parts just look dumbfounded when we do that..   
   --   
   Greger   
   ______________________________________________   
      
   What's up Chuck?   
      
      
   To email me, replace everything after @ with softhome.net   
   ----------------------------------------------------------------   
   ----------------------------   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)