[Fictionary] hatchets across the world

[Fran Poodry]

My phone is a katana.  But for some reason it is no bigger than a razr.  Go figure.
-Fran


 On Wed Sep 16 12:40 , Jean-Joseph Cote  sent:

>Someplace within the last week, I don't remember where, I was reading 
>about umbrellas with katana handles.  Os something with katana handles, 
>anyway -- I think it was umbrellas.
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>Pierre Abbat wrote:
>> I just found a Nahuatl word of Japanese origin, "gadana", which refers to a 
>> cutting weapon. Another word for a cutting tool that has traveled far 
>> is "tamiok", a Tok Pisin word from Algonquian. Is there something about words 
>> for big cutting tools that makes them want to travel around the world?
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>> Pierre
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