Guilty as charged.
“Foreigner” — only been here 45 years. I spent 20 elsewhere.
“Local Idiot” — yep, that’s me.
Thanks for the kinds words.
I admit I have a limited range of reference. Upstate New York for 14 years from birth. I can testify to the in-depth study of the Iroquois Confederacy throughout K-12. I can also testify to the HUGE number of Indian place names in NYS. We put our three kids through the California public education system and I worked extensively with them on their California history curriculum and history projects.
California? Hardly any by comparison. Lots of Spanish-derived place names, but, given your level of rudeness, I expect you cannot differentiate Spanish from Indian place names.
You must be right.
I have only lived in California 72 years, and am fluent in Spanish, both old and modern Castilian and "American," speaking hemisphere-wise.
I have also worked as a translator, so naturally I can't distinguish California natives' language from Spanish.
But please don't tell anyone.