i don't get it
2007-05-10 13:50:41 · 6 answers · asked by cretinboi 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
ok, "injuns" (my bad). i didn't ask why they were called indians by the way
2007-05-10 14:39:14 · update #1
They did not call them engines, they called them INJUNS, just short for Indian.
2007-05-10 13:56:36 · answer #1 · answered by Ron 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not a good basis to answer on but I watch some really old fogey westerns cuz my husband likes them for some reason but it seems to me that the cowboys were just too dang lazy to say 3 syllables and shortened it to INJUN
2007-05-10 14:07:49 · answer #2 · answered by FallenAngel© 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the Spanish were so use to trading with INDIA (the spice trade) that when they first saw Native Americans they mistakenly thought they were the same people on a different Continent.
2007-05-10 14:01:49 · answer #3 · answered by 452 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
This would be more from the Southern accent why it would be pronounced this way.
2007-05-10 18:17:00 · answer #4 · answered by choctawlady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
injuns.
The "D-I" of Indian gets vocally corrupted to a "J"
2007-05-10 13:53:32 · answer #5 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cause they where NATIVES the original humans who where living in America FIRST.
THEN THE WHITES CAME AND WE KNOW THE HISTORY
2007-05-10 13:57:18 · answer #6 · answered by not fair 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋