Posted by Alan Hakim on November 11, 2000 at 23:00:48 from 195.44.21.60:
In Reply to: Re: Eskimo vocabulary posted by Mike F. on November 11, 2000 at 01:01:51:
Slippery? The Altounyans had a holiday home in Sogukoluk, in what was then the Turkish-speaking part of Syria, and he visited it while writing "Peter Duck".
Since 1939, the province has been transferred to Turkey, and is now called the Hatay.