In a message dated 9/3/2002 6:28:42 PM Central Daylight Time, choctaw74@prodigy.net writes: > > I have the Byington dictionary and it does say 'yakoke"..and another > deffinition of it is " when said slowly means regret..."..when said fast > means " thanks or pleasure" > > deana > So, Deana, does this add a new dimension to our name searches, namely the speed at which we say the name? If we say a Choctaw name fast does it translate into one thing and if we say it slow does it translate into something else? I'm not being facetious either. Your email raises an interesting point in how Choctaw names may have gotten translated into English at times. John Craven New Orleans