Webraska: looking for the meaning of 'aska' (in Alaska, Nebraska, Kamouraska...)
Larry Phillips
Iskandar Baharuddin wrote:
> Aska question here, be prepared for stoopid ansas.
You misspelled 'Anzas'.
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Sommelet-Durocher
Hello,
I am planning to start a company called Webraska,
and I really would like to know what 'aska' means
and where it comes from.
Anybody knows the meaning of word Alaska, its
origin, etc?
Or of Nebraska, or Kamouraska?
Anybody knows the existence and meaning of any other
'aska' words?
Thank you very much in advance,
Jean-Michel
St-Germain-En-Laye
France
Iskandar Baharuddin
Sommelet-Durocher wrote:
Aska question here, be prepared for stoopid ansas.
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Izzy
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Iskandar Baharuddin
Larry Phillips wrote:
> Iskandar Baharuddin wrote:
>
> > Aska question here, be prepared for stoopid ansas.
>
> You misspelled 'Anzas'.
>
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> Sixty billion gigabits can do much. It even does windows.
> -- Fred Pohl, Beyond the Blue Event Horizon, 1980
>
> http://home.bc.rogers.wave.ca/larryp
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OK, you got me.
What do you mean by "Anzas".
Just because I'm omnisicient doesn't mean I know _everything_.
Skitt
Iskandar Baharuddin wrote in message
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>Larry Phillips wrote:
>
>> Iskandar Baharuddin wrote:
>>
>> > Aska question here, be prepared for stoopid ansas.
>>
>> You misspelled 'Anzas'.
>OK, you got me.
>
>What do you mean by "Anzas".
>
>Just because I'm omnisicient doesn't mean I know _everything_.
Not even how to spell "omniscient".
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Is that kinda like being omni(sic)ient ?
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Donna Richoux
Sommelet-Durocher <jm...@club-internet.fr> wrote:
> I am planning to start a company called Webraska,
> and I really would like to know what 'aska' means
> and where it comes from.
>
> Anybody knows the meaning of word Alaska, its
> origin, etc?
>
> Or of Nebraska, or Kamouraska?
Turning to the list in the World Almanac of the origin of US state
names, I find:
Alaska - Rusian version of Aleutian (Eskimo) word, alakshak, for
"peninsula" or "great lands."
Nebraska - From Omaha or Otos Indian word meaning "broad water" or "flat
river," describing the Platte River.
It would be hard to find anyone to identify which part of the words mean
what.
If I heard of a company called "Webraska," I would assume it is
providing Internet-related services in Nebraska. In fact, someone may
have already thought of it. If you are doing something else, I would
really advise you to reconsider.
Best wishes --- Donna Richoux
Iskandar Baharuddin
Larry Phillips wrote:
> Iskandar Baharuddin wrote:
> >
> > Larry Phillips wrote:
> >
> >> Iskandar Baharuddin wrote:
> >>
> >>> Aska question here, be prepared for stoopid ansas.
> >>
> >> You misspelled 'Anzas'.
> >
> > OK, you got me.
> >
> > What do you mean by "Anzas".
>
> ANZA stands for 'Australia-New Zealand Association'. In my area, the
> 'ANZA club' is a drinking establishment where ANZA members go. By
> extension, Anza is an idiomatic reference to an Australian or
> New Zealander.
Got it.
But I am a bit disturbed to hear that the Aussie and Kiwis in Canada
indulge in alcohol.
Of course, I am confident that the ANZA Club also offers Perrier with
lemon.
Salaam
Izzy