Talk:Whatì

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In case, like me, you thought the translation "Excrement Lake" must be some kind of a joke, it does appear to be corroborated by this official-looking site. Why would anybody choose to call their town such a thing? Maybe this is where "Excrement Creek" ends up. --GrahamN 23:14 Dec 15, 2002 (UTC)

Hey, Graham, as the guy that wrote the original article, all I can say is: "I don't make this shit up!" ;-) Danny


 * An anomalous situation has arisen:, a Natural Resources Canada site, claims that Wha Ti means "Marten Lake" just as the original French did. - Montr&eacute;alais 02:39, 19 Sep 2003 (UTC)

To get a definitive answer to this we need to see an Dogrib-English (or Dogrib-French) dictionary. According to this page there is one published: ''TIICHO YATI ENIHT'E = DOGRIB DICTIONARY / compiled and edited by Jacob Feenstra in cooperation with the Dogrib Language Center. Preliminary edition. Rae0Edzo, NWT : Dogrib Divisional Board of Education, 1992.'' It seems unlikely that my local library in the south of England would be able to get hold of a copy, but maybe you could have a go, Montr&eacute;alais? GrahamN 14:40, 20 Sep 2003 (UTC)


 * I have checked with the NWT Place Name Database, and I find that Wha Ti means "Marten Lake," same as the French. There is an alternative name, Tsoti, which means "fouled water lake," which may have led to the confusion. - Montr&eacute;alais 01:18, 13 May 2004 (UTC)

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