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BadAttitude · 02 Dec 2003, 01:31

Quote:shadow1000001 said that:Maybe even combine the ones you like - Black Scary Badgers.

It's kind of funny I am half -Native American of the Penobscot tribe in Maine and with this topic I was thinking that in my native tongue we do not have a word for badger, so I asked my father as the elders are more fluent in the old language then I am and he said that we do not have the word badger in our language.

The closest animal that we have in our language to a badger is a beaver, which a beaver translated into my language is:
Tmakwa

so a black scary beaver would be translated into:
Mkazawigen Ligdahimek Tmakwa

It is weird the difference that a language makes, and words that can and can not be translated from one lanuguage to another.

Ok, Badger want to try that one on for size that would be quite a name for your band, don't you think.

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Autumn (BadAttitude)

02 Dec 2003, 01:31	#21
BadAttitude Super Loafer Join Date: 19.11.2003 Location: Florida Posts: 482	Quote:shadow1000001 said that:Maybe even combine the ones you like - Black Scary Badgers. It's kind of funny I am half -Native American of the Penobscot tribe in Maine and with this topic I was thinking that in my native tongue we do not have a word for badger, so I asked my father as the elders are more fluent in the old language then I am and he said that we do not have the word badger in our language. The closest animal that we have in our language to a badger is a beaver, which a beaver translated into my language is: Tmakwa so a black scary beaver would be translated into: Mkazawigen Ligdahimek Tmakwa It is weird the difference that a language makes, and words that can and can not be translated from one lanuguage to another. Ok, Badger want to try that one on for size that would be quite a name for your band, don't you think. Love & Happiness Autumn (BadAttitude)