Posted by Dave Thewlis on February 04, 1999 at 22:15:02:
In Reply to: Re: Un-Lake Windermere posted by Phil Winterbourne on February 04, 1999 at 13:53:47:
There are also a variety of stories about lakes, mountains, etc. in the United States
which are named (in the local American Indian language) "That's a finger"
According to the story(s) many American Indian cultures pointed with their chins,
not their fingers, and thus when presented with a finger and asked "What is that?"
answered the question as asked....