[nagdu] my new dog has a new name

[Larry D. Keeler]

You got that right Marty!  I hang out with some Lachota folks and the 
language sounds a little different than Ojibwe.  Well, I'll spell it 
fenetically but, meeguitch for this!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mardi Hadfield" <wolfsinger.lakota at gmail.com>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 2:56 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] my new dog has a new name


> Hi Cindy, the name is spelled N I C I in Lakota.The C is pronounced as C 
> H.
> The language is very hard to learn as the words almost never sound the way
> they are spelled. Some words need to be used with a prefix when speaking
> them.Some words with a T in them , the  T  is pronounced as a  D. Other
> times, the T is pronounced as T. It is quite confusing.I am half Lakota 
> and
> am still learning the language and some times I find it very hard.I feel
> that I should know my native language though, so I will keep at it until I
> have learned to speak it.My other husky dogs have Lakota names. Wanagi
> Tate,Pronounced Won ah ge  Tah tey. It means Spirit Wind.She is a white
> husky. Tokala, pronounced Toe kah la,which means little gray fox. She is a
> gray husky. Tunyan,pronounced Toon yon, which means "Brat". She is also a
> gray husky and she was a brat when I first got her.I also have a Lakota
> name. My name is Wolfsinger. I don't want to leave you with too much
> culture shock, so I will quit here. Have a great day, Mardi and Shaman and
> Neechee,GDIT.
>
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