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To: MNnice
Actually, the story that squaw means a certain body part is untrue. The word in question is a Mohawk word, while squaw was not actually derived from the Mohawk nation.

The legitimate linguists trace the entemology to a word meaning young girl.

It is political interests who have spread the story that you are referring to, not linguists.
4 posted on 04/22/2003 1:15:58 PM PDT by sharktrager
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To: sharktrager
The legitimate linguists trace the entemology to a word meaning young girl.

I am 65 years old, and until a couple of years ago, had never heard that "Squaw" meant a woman's genitalia. I'll bet this is another made up "fact" by liberals to get a minotiry group fired up.

8 posted on 04/22/2003 1:22:09 PM PDT by saminfl
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