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Ptah

(33,030 posts) Wed Oct 1, 2014, 10:10 PM Oct 2014

The Crow name for "greasy" and the Crow name for "lodge" sound very much alike.

The Crow word for "greasy" is Tah-shay, and the Crow word for "lodge" is Ah-shay,[4] and the words sound so much alike that an early interpreter mistakenly interpreted the Crow name for "Greasy Grass" as "Lodge Grass".[4]

The misinterpreted name stuck, and so the creek, and then the town became known as Lodge Grass.

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The Crow name for "greasy" and the Crow name for "lodge" sound very much alike. (Original Post) Ptah Oct 2014 OP

Sounds like a great name for a greasy spoon type breakfast joint! MADem Oct 2014 #1

MADem

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1. Sounds like a great name for a greasy spoon type breakfast joint!

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Wed Oct 1, 2014, 10:22 PM

Oct 2014

Tah-shay Ah-Shay Diner! I'll have the special with rye toast, please!

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