Brian from Edison, New Jersey, is pondering this linguistic mystery: The Mid-Atlantic convenience store chain Wawa has a goose as its logo. The Algonquin term for “goose” is wawa, and the French for “goose” is oie, pronounced “wah.” Is there a connection between the French and Native American terms? It’s probably just another example from a long list of linguistic coincidences resulting from the limited amount of vocal sounds we can make. This is part of a complete episode.
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