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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: Not-Just-Navajo Code-Talkers #36551 07/29/01 02:20 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA In 1976, at our hometown Bicentennial celebration, a Native American in full chiefly regalia turned up. As he stood, arms raised in prayerful blessing, our paper's photographer got the picture that went on Page One. His "American" name was Bob Simard and his "real" name is Littlefoot. I later interviewed him and learned he was with Gen. McAuliff at Bastogne and stood next to him when he uttered the famous response ("Nuts!") to the German order to surrender. He spoke a very obscure Native American sub-dialect of a Southwest Indian language and used it in the clear with another speaker for radio communication during the Battle of the Bulge, in the European Theater of Operations. YCLIU in one of the July issues of The Hampton Union at Lane Memorial Library! http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us The story was picked up by a couple of our sister daily newspapers and the facts of it were never contradicted. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Navajo Code-Talkers #36552 07/30/01 11:39 AM Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom R rodward addict rodward addict R Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 609 Portsmouth, United Kingdom Hollywood has not, in the past, been stellar in its policy of choosing from appropriate ethnic groups in casting of some roles. there is an apocraphal story of the African messanger rushing in to deliver a message to the chief in Swahili, in one of the Tarzan advetures. It was not until the film was shown in Africa that it was discovered that the line he delivered was "I'm not being paid anywhere near enough to play in this godawful film" or words to that effect. Rod Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 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 Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,004 Members9,198 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members testawad, Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish 9,198 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 746 guests, and 7 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 13 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,965 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,956 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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