Free Association Thread 4

[JKendallDane]

Amaretto

Kahlua and cream for me, please.

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[MagicaPractica]

Kahlua and cream for me, please.

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White Russian used to be my favorite drink when going out but it seemed to give me a headache every time, so I gave it up.

 

[L1tTleD1fferent]

White Russian used to be my favorite drink when going out but it seemed to give me a headache every time, so I gave it up.

Maybe it's like an ice cream headache, & it'd be OK if you weren't Russian every time.

 

[Handley_Page]

These days, I find a Martini (Bianco, Vermouth) and lemonade quite refreshing.
And a large glass of decent Port occasionally.

 

[MagicaPractica]

These days, I find a Martini (Bianco, Vermouth) and lemonade quite refreshing.
And a large glass of decent Port occasionally.

I like orange seltzer water with a sweet red wine mixed in.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

I like orange seltzer water with a sweet red wine mixed in.

A tumbler of Redbreast, neat, though in a pinch almost any Irish is good. Or scotch, an Islay first. Though I wouldn't disparage a Canadian rye. Oh, and rum, An 18 yr Flora de Caña, but lesser will do. A full agave tequila is good too. Even a...

 

[L1tTleD1fferent]

A tumbler of Redbreast, neat, though in a pinch almost any Irish is good. Or scotch, an Islay first. Though I wouldn't disparage a Canadian rye. Oh, and rum, An 18 yr Flora de Caña, but lesser will do. A full agave tequila is good too. Even a...

Once again, went into a hospital late last week. They always ask about smoking & drinking, & my answer has been the same for 3 years...

Ever Smoked? Not once.
Tobacco? Not once.
Drugs? Only given or prescribed by doctors.
Alcohol? Once, I was in my 30s & in a rehab facility at the time.

 

[SamScribble]

Once again, went into a hospital late last week. They always ask about smoking & drinking, & my answer has been the same for 3 years...

Ever Smoked? Not once.
Tobacco? Not once.
Drugs? Only given or prescribed by doctors.
Alcohol? Once, I was in my 30s & in a rehab facility at the time.

Definition of an alcoholic: Someone who drinks more than their doctor does

 

[MagicaPractica]

Definition of an alcoholic: Someone who drinks more than their doctor does

Doctor: Alcihol?
Me: Rarely
Doctor: You know, teetotalers don't live as long as people who drink modestly.
Me: Hrm?

 

[SamScribble]

Doctor: Alcihol?
Me: Rarely
Doctor: You know, teetotalers don't live as long as people who drink modestly.
Me: Hrm?

I assume your doctor meant 'moderately'. But if drinking modestly prolongs one's life, I will have to adjust my habits.

 

[Handley_Page]

I assume your doctor meant 'moderately'. But if drinking modestly prolongs one's life, I will have to adjust my habits.

I therefore presume that my advanced age is down to having done all my drinking many moons ago.

 

[MagicaPractica]

I assume your doctor meant 'moderately'. But if drinking modestly prolongs one's life, I will have to adjust my habits.

Proabably, it's been a year since he said it.

I therefore presume that my advanced age is down to having done all my drinking many moons ago.

"By the shores of Gitchee Gumee" - Song of Hiawatha

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Proabably, it's been a year since he said it.


"By the shores of Gitchee Gumee" - Song of Hiawatha

Pan-Indianism

(Why was Hiawatha, an Iroquois, speaking Algonquin [Gitchee Gumee = Great Lake]?)

 

[Handley_Page]

Pan-Indianism

(Why was Hiawatha, an Iroquois, speaking Algonquin [Gitchee Gumee = Great Lake]?)

What is that in Iroquois, then?

 

[Tio_Narratore]

What is that in Iroquois, then?

There are a number of Iroquoian languages, HP; I have a bit of familiarity with Mohawk. I'd have to check, but I'd expect it would be ontaratow:nen.

 

[Handley_Page]

There are a number of Iroquoian languages, HP; I have a bit of familiarity with Mohawk. I'd have to check, but I'd expect it would be ontaratow:nen.

How confusing.
So a "tribe" (for want of a better collective word), consists of several parts who do not speak the same language ?
<dribble, dribble>

 

[Tio_Narratore]

How confusing.
So a "tribe" (for want of a better collective word), consists of several parts who do not speak the same language ?
<dribble, dribble>

The Iroquois Confederacy (League of the Hodenausaunee, founded by Hiawatha) consisted of five tribes -Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca - speaking closely related languages and living in upstate New York. They were joined in the early 18th Century by the Tuscarora, displaced from the southern colonies, and formed the "Six Nations." Think "United Kingdom" with British, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish English.

Other tribes speaking Iroquoian languages included the Huron (Wendat), Erie, Neutral, and Tobacco. The Caddoan languages of the Southeastern U. S. are also related, but a bit more distantly. Also related are the Siouan languages of the Midwest and Plains.

 

[MagicaPractica]

The Iroquois Confederacy (League of the Hodenausaunee, founded by Hiawatha) consisted of five tribes -Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca - speaking closely related languages and living in upstate New York. They were joined in the early 18th Century by the Tuscarora, displaced from the southern colonies, and formed the "Six Nations." Think "United Kingdom" with British, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish English.

Other tribes speaking Iroquoian languages included the Huron (Wendat), Erie, Neutral, and Tobacco. The Caddoan languages of the Southeastern U. S. are also related, but a bit more distantly. Also related are the Siouan languages of the Midwest and Plains.

And me, I'm related. Mostly Onondaga.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

And me, I'm related. Mostly Onondaga.

Mohawk on my bio-maternal side.

At the time of the Huron dispersal (contrary to French history, they weren't wiped out; most went to join trading partners around the Great Lakes - ok, back to Gitchee Gumee), the Onondaga had been reduced to a non-viable population, mostly due to smallpox. Over 1000 Hurons were adopted by the Onondaga, and following the adoption customs of the Iroquoians, became Onondaga.

 

[SamScribble]

Mohawk on my bio-maternal side.

Is there, was there, a mandatory family hairstyle?

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Is there, was there, a mandatory family hairstyle?

Nice try, Sam, but few Mohawks sport "Mohawks."

When I was last in Manchester, I came across a musical group who called themselves "Mohawk Radio;" I'm not sure how our real Mohawk Radio - K103 Kahnawake - would react to it.

 

[L1tTleD1fferent]

And me, I'm related. Mostly Onondaga.

SamScribble, they had a special way to do theirs I am sure.

 

[MagicaPractica]

SamScribble, they had a special way to do theirs I am sure.

Well, I always understood The Haudenosaunee were matrileneal. Women owned the land and a man moved into her longhouse when a couple married. I'd say that was soemewhat unusual, though I seemed to have continued that tradition.

 

[L1tTleD1fferent]

Well, I always understood The Haudenosaunee were matrileneal. Women owned the land and a man moved into her longhouse when a couple married. I'd say that was soemewhat unusual, though I seemed to have continued that tradition.

That's old-fashioned. These days, the man moves his longhouse into the woman.

 

[MagicaPractica]

That's old-fashioned. These days, the man moves his longhouse into the woman.

That's a mildly scary prospect.