[Buddha-l] FW: Three year Research Associate, UK, Indian & Buddhist theories of self

[jkirk]

Along the same lines, I once asked a Navajo what "Yá'át'ééh" literally
means. 
She looked at me as if I were a complete idiot and said "It's just what you
say when you greet someone. It doesn't mean anything." I challenged her on
that and insisted it MUST mean something. She looked me straight in the eye
(an unusual gesture for a Navajo) and said "So what does 'Hello' mean?" I
felt obliged to change the subject.

So long,
Richard (now what the hell does THAT mean?)
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Doesn't hello mean "hail-O [you friend, kinsman, aso] ??
Anybody got the dictionary of American slang? I long for a copy but they are
very costly.
Joanna 

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