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LOAARR t1_iu80jsi wrote

Reply to comment by Paynomind in TIL that when the French first arrived in North America they met the Ojibwe Indians who introduced them to other tribes but used nasty names. The Lakota/Dakota people were called "Nadowessiwag," which became Nadouessioux in French, then Sioux in English. It means "little snake." by marmorset

Occam's is about simple explanations, which is very similar to the one I'm referencing.

I think it's Hanlon's.

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LOAARR t1_iu7aohu wrote

Reply to comment by Gothsalts in TIL that when the French first arrived in North America they met the Ojibwe Indians who introduced them to other tribes but used nasty names. The Lakota/Dakota people were called "Nadowessiwag," which became Nadouessioux in French, then Sioux in English. It means "little snake." by marmorset

I was moreso proposing the idea of that shitty razor reddit likes to reference all the time. Something like, "never attribute to malice that which can easily be attributed to incompetence."

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LOAARR t1_iu6mlz2 wrote

Reply to comment by ChuckChuckelson in TIL that when the French first arrived in North America they met the Ojibwe Indians who introduced them to other tribes but used nasty names. The Lakota/Dakota people were called "Nadowessiwag," which became Nadouessioux in French, then Sioux in English. It means "little snake." by marmorset

I wonder how often they understood the meaning of what they were being told or how long it took them to get the real name.

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