Hello, > >> > All that I have read about Greenland paddles indicates the Inuits used very > narrow blades. > >> Just for the record, I thought you might be interested to learn some Inuktitut, the language of the inventors of the kayak. The word 'Inuit' is actually plural, meaning three or more persons. A single person is an 'inuk'. As with many native North American languages, there is a dual form of the noun as well, referring in this case to 2 people. Thus we get 'inuuk'. Inuk, inuuk, and inuit - a person, a couple of persons and lots of people. End of today's lesson! Now off you go and practice while you play... Michael Bradley *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Apr 25 2000 - 08:18:51 PDT
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