[AGL] what does Kemo Sabe mean? Could it mean "like I said?"

[Jon Ford]

Frances-- I sent an email about this yesterday. Kemo sabe and tonto are Amer 
Indian words--meaning, respectively "my trusted friend" and "wild one." 
People assumed they were Spanish words that mean completly different, 
negative things, ie. "don't know" ("no sabe" ) and "fool."

Jon


Enjoyed reading about your touch-with-greatness. Hey, how's that for a theme 
for discuss amongst ourselves?
When I first heard it I thought "kemo sabe" was "My Friend," wasn't it mi 
kemo sabe? After I took Spanish it became "Ya' know."
A pet peeve of mine is "Like I said..." That drives me up a tree when I hear 
someone say it. It's seems so presumptious either to warn the listener that 
one is being repetitive, or to suggest that the listener was expected to 
hang on every utterance of the speaker. "Like I said," bheh.
Frances