User talk:Surazeus
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[edit] Welcome
Hello, Surazeus, and welcome to Wikipedia! I am Deepu Joseph (a.k.a. thunderboltz). Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
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[edit] Hippie article--Wolof language
Interesting stuff regarding the Wolof language. I took the liberty of moving your general sentence:
- One possible source of the word Hippie is the Wolof language of Africa where hipi or hepi means to open one's eyes and be aware.
I felt it more properly belonged in the "Origins" section, which discusses various possibilities for the origin of the word "hippie."
Enjoyed seeing the correlation between Wolof words and hippie slang, and it is hard to imagine those being purely coincidental. Somewhat edited your introductory sentence to make it more direct, also named the actual countries in West Africa where Wolof is spoken. You wrote that Wolof is related to "Mandingo," but most references I found were rather obscure (or irrelevant). Did you perhaps mean "Mandinka," which is another language spoken in the same region? I did go ahead and change "Mandingo" to "Mandinka," however please correct me if that is in error.
Great additions! Founders4 07:16, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
- Hello, Surazeus! I've passed over this message which you left on my talk page to Founders4 (talk • contribs), as I believe it was intended for him, and not me. Cheers!-- thunderboltza.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK15:57, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
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