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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread star wayno #118002 12/20/2003 2:54 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 ""'Star wayno,' says I. 'The little girl deserves it.'" I don't know any Spanish, but "star wayno" sounds like a corruption of Spanish for "That's good." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter YART alert, maybe #118003 12/21/2003 8:42 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,089 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,089 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA Esta bueno. Very good, probably right on target. Although it's always hard to guess right with transliterations-and-elisions, since so many renditions sound plausible. I always thought that The Lone Ranger's faithful Indian companion Tonto (Spanish for "blockhead, dunce, fool, half-wit, oaf, simpleton," and a few other derogatory things, according to SpanishDict.com) 's stock phrase Kemo Sabe was derived from the Spanish "Quien sabe?" meaning "Who knows?" All of which we've talked about before. (I think I recall Clayton Moore, or maybe Jay Silverheels (early Lone Ranger/Tonto actors) giving other explanations about the origin.) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: YART alert, maybe #118004 12/21/2003 11:53 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel sjmaxq Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,230 Te Ika a Maui >stock phrase Kemo Sabe was derived from the Spanish "Quien sabe?" meaning "Who knows?" Given the meaning of "tonto", I've always preferred Gary Larsen's etymology for kemosabe. noho ora mai http://maxqnzs.com/References.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Many years later... #118005 12/22/2003 11:09 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,089 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,089 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA Seen it - one of my favorites! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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