> I knew, unlike the learned professors, that there is > no B in Muskogee! Richard, Wait now. In written Muskokee, the "p" sounds like the English "b". Actually, somewhere in between. I've always wondered why the missionaries even wrote the "p" if it sounded like a "b". > However, Itaba is the Alabama word for a border crossing. The Alabama's do > have the B sound - Here is also food for thought. The Muskokee word for dogwood is "vtvphv" (pronounced sort of like "adab-ha", keep in mind that the "p's" sound like "b's". As you know, the "v" is pronounced somewhere between the English "a" or "u", in "but". Also, there is a word for a "sofkee spoon". I can't find the exact spelling, but in my "phoenic Creek" its something like "vtapa" (pronounced "adaba") However, none of this refutes your theory on Etowah. Paul Hornsby

would a spoon for stirring vpvske be vtapv? ----- Original Message ----- From: "songmaker2" <[email protected]> > Also, there is a word for a "sofkee spoon". I can't find the exact > spelling, but in my "phoenic Creek" its something > like "vtapa" (pronounced "adaba") > However, none of this refutes your theory on Etowah. > Paul Hornsby > > >

Hi Everyone, There is so much good information coming through on this list that just doesn't get brought out anyplace else. I find myself often saving up posts and reading back over them again and again, especially ones that I particulaerly like and find especially precious. Is there an archive anywhere of the entire list? If not, does anyone mind if I print them out and save them? I wouldn't distribute them to anybody, but I feel that we should have this information in hard copy somewhere. By the way, I'm an archivist and librarian by profession, so tend to be pretty good about respecting confidentiality. Thanks, Deborah On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:48:35 -0400, songmaker2 wrote > > I knew, unlike the learned professors, that there is > > no B in Muskogee! > > Richard, > Wait now. In written Muskokee, the "p" sounds like > the English "b". Actually, somewhere in between. I've > always wondered why the missionaries even wrote the "p" > if it sounded like a "b". > > > However, Itaba is the Alabama word for a border crossing. The Alabama's > do > > have the B sound - > > Here is also food for thought. The Muskokee word for > dogwood is "vtvphv" (pronounced sort of like "adab-ha", > keep in mind that the "p's" sound like "b's". As you know, > the "v" is pronounced somewhere between the English "a" or "u", in "but". > Also, there is a word for a "sofkee spoon". I can't find the exact > spelling, but in my "phoenic Creek" its something > like "vtapa" (pronounced "adaba") > However, none of this refutes your theory on Etowah. > Paul Hornsby > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CREEK- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --