Glancing Excursions

[János Székely]

I think Wikipedia is wrong about the possible Russian etymology of
Shasta. The pronunciation of chistyi ('clean', a masculine adjective)
doesn't really resemble Shasta. Ukrainian shchasta (meaning
"happiness", schast'ye in Russian) is much closer.

János



2009/7/6 Tore Rye Andersen <torerye at hotmail.com>:
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>
> Dave quoted (on Lemuria):
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>> Perhaps the most popular example of Mount Shasta lore [...].
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> Cf. the first few paragraphs of IV:
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> She came along the alley and up the back steps the way she always used to.
> Doc hadn't seen her for over a year. Nobody had. Back then it was always
> sandals, bottom half a flower-print bikini, faded Country Joe & the Fish
> t-shirt. Tonight she was all in flatland gear, hair a lot shorter than he
> remembered, looking just like she swore she'd never look.
> 'That you, Shasta?'
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