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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --Boundary_(ID_ngCGXrPJNk+1/g42y64LeQ) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT a.. & from the on-line Hinterland Who's Who -- http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=407 -- an interesting claim claim that "Whiskey Jack" has been the only commonly used bird name (in English) of First Nations origin: a.. Another familiar name, "whiskey-jack", was taken from Wiskedjak, Wisagatcak, Wisekejack, or other variations of a word used in the Algonquian family of aboriginal languages of eastern Canada to designate a mischievous, transforming spirit who liked to play tricks on people. a.. The Gray Jay is thus the only Canadian bird for which a name of aboriginal derivation has been commonly used in English. a.. Perhaps sadly, whiskeyjack and the former English name of Canada Jay are both passing into disuse as more and more Canadians grow up with the present official English name of Gray Jay. --Boundary_(ID_ngCGXrPJNk+1/g42y64LeQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18904"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> <LI> </LI></DIV> <DIV>& from the on-line <EM>Hinterland Who's Who</EM> -- <A=20 href=3D"http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=3D407">http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?i= d=3D407</A> --</DIV> <DIV>an interesting claim claim that "Whiskey Jack" has been the = only=20 commonly used bird name (in English) of First Nations origin:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <LI><EM>Another familiar name, =93whiskey-jack=94, was taken from = Wiskedjak,=20 Wisagatcak, Wisekejack, or other variations of a word used in the = Algonquian=20 family of aboriginal languages of eastern Canada to designate a = mischievous,=20 transforming spirit who liked to play tricks on people. </EM></LI> <LI><EM>The Gray Jay is thus the only Canadian bird for which a name of=20 aboriginal derivation has been commonly used in English. </EM></LI> <LI><EM>Perhaps sadly, whiskeyjack and the former English name of Canada = Jay are=20 both passing into disuse as more and more Canadians grow up with the = present=20 official English name of Gray Jay. </EM></LI></DIV></BODY></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_ngCGXrPJNk+1/g42y64LeQ)--
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