They were bison, and they were very far away.
Day 125
I saw some dots
July 29th, 2010
I'm walking across America.
That's the idea, at least. I'm walking westward from New York City for nine months or so. If everything goes according to plan, I'll be in Oregon when the clock runs out. If nothing goes according to plan, maybe I'll end up in Peru or Mongolia or Pennsylvania. You can read all about the details of my trip if you're so inclined.
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Here's my progress so far:
Very cool…as most everything else has been I might add.
For additional information: http://www.fws.gov/bisonrange/
I was hoping one would be curious about you and post for a pic or two ;-)
I’m sure that they were staring at Matt, even from such a distance. He he.
:)
I wonder if they originally planned to apply a radius to each corner of this sign..as indicated by the white border
This like most of the signs on the Flathead Nation are bilingual Salish and English.
ok this sucks…..
Niox(w) enc(v)………
someone have time to translate?
Thanks for that info Terry…Bi-Ligual sign…how neat! Salish & English…nice!! I guess the Salish Nation was large…we have a few things around here in WA with the Salish title in it. Neato!!!
Matt
When you walked by I bet they all looked at you and said –
“We May Never Meet Again”; BI SON!!!
And they nodded their heads in approval of your trek across AMERICA!!!
Bison are cool looking creatures and their burgers are good!!!
Thanks Wikipedia…..” Ntox(w) enc” is a slang term used by the Yanktonai tribe’s Scrabble players…its literal meaning is: “I would have won if my buffalo had not swallowed my vowels.”
Okay, maybe not…here’s a link to follow if you find yourself playing Scrabble with local Salish natives… http://www.lingtechcomm.unt.edu//~montler/Klallam/Phrases/index.htm
Oh my!
That link is going into my “explore as time permits” folder.
This is wonderful! I just keep thinking of “dead languages” and how the INTERNET can keep them alive!
Oh wow. Listening to Salish makes me feel breathless. What I have learned, though, is that ? is silent.
*LOL@Dennis*
LMAO!
Dennis..
bet these guys were pissing themselves trying to name this place…
A bunch of educated beaurocrats pissing themselves they were gonna make a mistake..
bet it took 20 years to come to a conclusion what to name the place…. jeeezzzzz.
As a government employee I could see that happening.
uh where can I get a job….
I’m laughing so hard my sides hurt! I play scrabble so this is so much funnier to me.
ha ha
uhh I still don’t get what is up with the name.
You walked the whole island of Manhatten – pretty awesome Angelica. Your right, there are parts of the city – that you are like…what this is part of new york? awesome.
Seems easy to me…it’s just more PC…