Posted by Mike S. on October 25, 2000 at 07:46:34:
In Reply to: Re: no Delaware interpreters? posted by Beth on October 25, 2000 at 05:30:13:
You are welcome, Beth. No, we don't know everything, but we do know how to find the answers to ALMOST everything! And then someone else on this Board will know that, so, I guess you are right!
Mike S. :>)
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: Thanks, Mike and Elaine! Your posts were very helpful, and I think I will begin learning a native language-winter in the Blue Ridge Mountains can be long & cold. Wow, you guys DO know everything.....
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: : : : : Since no one answered my post yesterday I assume no one knows the lines in the film that are in Delaware? Wow, I thought you guys knew everything....
: : : : Well, we do ... EXCEPT that! :)
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: : : AHA!!!! I have found your one weakness! Too bad...I always wanted to learn a native language....looks like a good time to start.
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: : Well, Beth, you can start by buying the "Handbook of the Delaware Indian Language, The Oral Tradition of a Native People" by Scott Hayes Wenning, available from Wennawoods Publishing, RR 2 Box 529C, Goodman Road,Lewisburg, PA 17837
: : 1-800-796-1702. It is a very good starter book on this language.
: : or see
: : www.wennawoods.com
: : Scott is the keeper of the language, so he knows his stuff.
: : Regards,
: : Mike