HereTakeThisBooger
HereTakeThisBooger t1_iu5u6jw wrote
Reply to TIL that when the French first arrived in North America they met the Ojibwe Indians who introduced them to other tribes but used nasty names. The Lakota/Dakota people were called "Nadowessiwag," which became Nadouessioux in French, then Sioux in English. It means "little snake." by marmorset
A similar thing happened in the southwest U.S. Anthropologists were studying the people who lived in the Four Corners region between about 700-1200 CE before abruptly disappearing. In the 1930s, recognizing that then-current Navajo people might have some cultural connection to the lost civilization, scientists asked Navajo historians about them. The Navajo referred to them as Anasazi, and for close to 100 years, scientific documents and museum displays readily referred to the lost civilization as the Anasazi.
The only problem was that in the Navajo language, "Anasazi" means "ancient enemies." In other words, the Navajo viewed the lost civilization as interlopers and enemies of their Navajo ancestors. It took about 75 years before anybody noticed, but once they did, it was decided that calling this lost civilization "enemies" probably wasn't the best idea. So "Anasazi" is now a deprecated term, and the lost civilization is officially known as the "Ancestral Puebloans."
HereTakeThisBooger t1_itmg39n wrote
Reply to comment by bolanrox in TIL The fiddle part in "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" is taken from a Vassar Clements song called "Lonesome Fiddle Blues" by purplechinacat
Plus, wouldn't a solid gold fiddle weigh hundreds of pounds and sound crummy?
HereTakeThisBooger t1_iujvngr wrote
Reply to A rock might have spent over 260 million years in the ocean trying to get to the beach just to get thrown out in the water again by Waoonet
... and it is pretty likely that you are the only human being who ever did or ever will touch that particular rock.