Re: tupas on Easter Island

Seppo Renfors wrote:
>
> benlizross wrote:
> >
> > Eric Stevens wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 02:06:07 GMT, Seppo Renfors <Renfors@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Eric Stevens wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> On 28 Aug 2005 16:18:16 -0700, "Duncan" <dunkers@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> >Ahhh. So the Spanish introduced Polynesian words into Quechua
> > > >> >dictionaries. That explains how the Hawaiian word for knot (kipu'u)
> > > >> >became the Quechua word for knot (quipu). I was unaware that the
> > > >> >Spanish were in the Hawaiian islands.
> > > >> >
> > > >> I can't say that they were there but there is evidence they were in
> > > >> New Zealand early in the 16th century, long before that country was
> > > >> supposedly found by Europeans.
> > > >
> > > >Could have been the Dutch too.... Dutchman Willem Jansz and his ship
> > > >Duyfken explore the western coast of Cape York Peninsula in 1606, The
> > > >Spaniard Luis Vaez De Torres sailed through Torres Strait that same
> > > >year - north of Australia.
> > > >
> > > >But I'm curious about one thing - why do you not consider the Spanish
> > > >as "Europeans"?
> > >
> > > Who said I don't?
> > >
> > > Eric Stevens
> >
> > Look out, Eric! He's got a dictionary, and he thinks he knows how to use
> > it!
>
> Typical loser.... you remind me of a little child who pokes his tongue
> out when at a safe distance, then shouting "nyahnan, nanyhana...." as
> it runs away...... back to your sandpit Ross.

So you're saying if I was there in front of you, instead of over here,
I'd be more respectful, or else you'd thump me with your dictionary?

Nyahnan, nanyhana...
(is that Finnish?)

Ross Clark
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