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

[Forrest Gunter]

Frances: My favorite unfavorite spoken offense is "No,no,no,no,no!"
Jon: Only fools are positive...all the time.
Twisty: I think it means "What you mean 'We', White Man????"
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>According to the original director of the radio show, he appropriated "kemo 
>sabe" from the name of a boys' camp in Michigan. Others have credited 
>various Native American languages. The Amerindian "scholars" could only 
>come up with words that are similar in sound, meaning anything from white 
>shirt to soggy shrub. I vote for the boys' camp. "Tonto" is most definitely 
>Spanish and does indeed mean fool.             twisty d
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>On Jul 15, 2006, at 2:12 PM, Frances Morey wrote:
>
>>Thanks, Jon,
>>I was going on what sound connotation they made for me. I seem to remember 
>>"tonto" as fool from my unfinished/failed Spanish classes. South Texans 
>>have difficulty accepting Spanish as a second language, at least this one 
>>did. It woulda been good to know.
>>Best,
>>Frances
>>
>>Jon Ford <jonmfordster at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>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
>>>
>>>
>>
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