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    Old 01-25-2007 | 12:23 PM
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    Default How do YOU say wapiti?
    Do you pronounce it WAA-pi-tea?

    Or waa-PI-tea?

    I know it's from a Shawnee word for "white rump". But we can't seem to agree on how it's supposed to be pronounced!?


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    Old 01-25-2007 | 12:31 PM
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    E-L-K

    couldn't resist.
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    Old 01-25-2007 | 01:26 PM
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    Default RE: How do YOU say wapiti?
    wah pa tea
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    Old 01-25-2007 | 01:50 PM
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    ORIGINAL: Hiawatha

    wah pa tea
    me too.

    edit: I actually say it wah-pi-tee
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    Old 01-25-2007 | 04:07 PM
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    Default RE: How do YOU say wapiti?
    It's elk in english.
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    Old 01-25-2007 | 04:25 PM
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    Default RE: How do YOU say wapiti?
    ee cummings had it right...

    It's pronounced WOPPITY....


    As in his poem...

    Hippity Hoppity goes the WAPITI...
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    Old 01-25-2007 | 04:35 PM
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    Default RE: How do YOU say wapiti?
    I prefer the redneck pronounciation: wapidee
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    Old 01-25-2007 | 04:35 PM
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    T-EH -ST -EE (tasty)
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    Old 01-28-2007 | 12:26 PM
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    Default RE: How do YOU say wapiti?
    YUM
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    Old 01-29-2007 | 05:21 PM
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    E-L-K

    couldn't resist.
    i was gonan write that same thing as soon as i saw the title of this
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