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HelpRe: Adirondax?
in reply to a message by anonwriter
I think of the mountain range and nothing else...except that it's misspelled (in modern English, at least)...oh, and the chairs.
There are elements in it that seem namey (like, Adi and Ron and Dax).
It's not hard to find info on the origin. From wikipedia:
The word Adirondack is thought to come from a Mohawk word meaning 'eaters of trees.' The earliest written use of the name, spelled Rontaks, was in 1729 by the French missionary Joseph-François Lafitau. He explained that the word was used by the Iroquoians as a derogatory term for groups of Algonquians who did not practice agriculture and therefore sometimes had to eat tree bark to survive harsh winters.
I'd be more worried that it was originally a derogatory term at all than about it being a Mohawk one, when considering if it is usable.
The character would have to have an intense and obvious connect to the Adirondacks for it not to seem very shallow. It's most plausible to me as a trail name (names assumed by thru-hikers on a long distance trail, such as the Appalachian Trail, which passes through the Adirondacks) that someone just decided to keep.
There are elements in it that seem namey (like, Adi and Ron and Dax).
It's not hard to find info on the origin. From wikipedia:
The word Adirondack is thought to come from a Mohawk word meaning 'eaters of trees.' The earliest written use of the name, spelled Rontaks, was in 1729 by the French missionary Joseph-François Lafitau. He explained that the word was used by the Iroquoians as a derogatory term for groups of Algonquians who did not practice agriculture and therefore sometimes had to eat tree bark to survive harsh winters.
I'd be more worried that it was originally a derogatory term at all than about it being a Mohawk one, when considering if it is usable.
The character would have to have an intense and obvious connect to the Adirondacks for it not to seem very shallow. It's most plausible to me as a trail name (names assumed by thru-hikers on a long distance trail, such as the Appalachian Trail, which passes through the Adirondacks) that someone just decided to keep.
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