Iroquois - Words of the World

[@willowbythewater1]

@swedishgorilla1 I am of Native American Heritage from up where Captain Jack and his Braves fought. It was not just the Modoc that fought with him, they were mostly Modoc yes. And Yes. we are proud to be Native American. We are re-gaining that pride, but it is a struggle. My father was beaten in high school for dancing with a white girl. He was jumped by 4 white boys after the high school dance. It's not easy but we're rising again. Be a good person no matter what though!!

[@syystomu]

A funny(?) piece of trivia: in Finnish we call the Mohawk hairstyle "irokeesi" which comes from the word Iroquois. But I have no idea why. I think the Mohawk people were a part of the Iroquois confederation, though, so there is at least a link there.

[@sativaviolet]

and they tortured foreign invaders, sounds more like self defense doesnt it

[@wordsoftheworld]

@DeoMachina I think we'd open to suggestions if we have an appropriate expert!

[@DeoMachina]

These videos have been facinating. Do you take requests or have you got a list somewhere?

[@sativaviolet]

IT IS PRONOUNCED WHO-DEEN-AH-SHOW-NEE, AND IRIQUOIS IS NOT A NICE WORD AND NOT USED thx

[@wordsoftheworld]

@Treenaks hope you've seen our other vids... every word has a story!

[@deangoldenstar7997]

Why not pronounce the French words properly? I bet you you'd be annoyed if I said English words in a Danish fashion.

[@kyledaoust221]

Its actually pronounced Irokwah

[@allanlank]

IT'S PRONOUNCED eerakwa not eerikwoiz

[@Lotrfan99]

Same in German. Irokesenschnitt or Iro

[@ManitouMkwaSingers]

The word iroq is a huron word and the last part was added by the French.

[@zooblestyx]

Allow me to suggest "Interlingua".

[@elises.1588]

Like Isabelle Adjani in Subway (1986): "C'est Iroquois!..."

[@seanmccoy6981]

Yes they were so you are correct in your assumption.

[@drinksupreme]

@TheSteelersManiac wow, unbelievable.

[@ltzmin]

Iroquois Pliskin...

[@drinksupreme]

@drinksupreme yeah, that ok

[@zandone45]

i think its Ir-a-qwa .... thats how we say it in canada not ir-a-koi

[@pastanro]

What about "No"? I mean, it exists in many languages (With variations), but "Yes" isn't as "universal". Why? :-) PD: You're awesome.

[@PseudoTinGod]

I would like to see the word "god" done. That would be very interesting.