Talk:Gitche Gumee

RFV discussion: July 2017
Apparently how Henry Wadsworth Longfellow interpreted the Ojibwe name for the lake in The Song of Hiawatha. I'm however unsure how we should treat words like this. --Robbie SWE (talk) 16:37, 17 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Words like what? Is it used to mean Lake Superior? I've added four cites that say yes. It may be jokey or informal, but it is in use.--Prosfilaes (talk) 18:14, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Words that are phonetic renditions of words in foreign languages, e.g. (hypothetically) Estarshein could be an English rendition of Swedish Östersjön. It doesn't mean that it is used synonymously. --Robbie SWE (talk) 18:41, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * No, the cites mean that it is used synonymously.--Prosfilaes (talk) 18:53, 17 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Ok then, never heard that name but I trust you and your citations. --Robbie SWE (talk) 19:14, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 22:41, 24 July 2017 (UTC)