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Chapter Three: What Church Do You Go To?
Kwa'yô': Kanöhseská' nâ n-í'a. Të'ë ti n-ís?
Rabbit: I belong to the Longhouse. What about you?

Tsonískyôt: Nâ huti'stuwánë nikaya'tu'tê ne Ti'tí'.
Red Squirrel: Blue Jay is a Free Methodist.

Ti'tí': Nâ te'n-í'! Ne' wai n-ís huti'stuwánë, huti'stuwánë, huti'stuwánë!
Blue Jay: I am not! You're a Free Methodist, Methodist, Methodist!

Kwa'yô': Ne' wai höwöti'skús ne unökanya'kö. Höwöti'skús nâ ís nisya'tu'tê?
Rabbit: Beaver is a Baptist. Are you a Baptist?

Kánya'skwát: Të'ë na'u't ne höwöti'skús?
Camel: What's a Baptist?

Ti'tí': Höwöti'skús, höwöti'kús, höwöti'skús nâ kwa'.
Blue Jay: Why they just put them under the water, under the water, under the water.

Kánya'skwát: Höwöti'skús ki'shë nikya'tu'tê. Höwöti'skús íwí. Ne' uæhtö hunöteyákö, ne' wai höwöti'skús.
Camel: Maybe I'm a Baptist. A Baptist I think. After sexual intercourse they put them under the water.

Kwa'yô': Akyé! Ne' khu nê uhë'syönyö?
Rabbit: Wow! Every day?

Ti'tí': Ne' n-ís nâ uhë'syönyö!
Blue Jay: Well, for you every day!

Tsonískyôt: Ne' n-ís wai tkákôt höwöti'skuskúwá nisya'tu'tê, Kánya'skwát.
Red Squirrel: Camel, you must be a super Baptist.

Kwa'yô': Ne' khu nâ ha'tekakôt wésu' únekaka'te' Egyptke.
Rabbit: There must really be a lot of water in Egypt.

Kánya'skwát: Su't. Ne'hu tkëhökuwánë. Ne' nâ te'akwasnye's höwöti'skús. Muslim akwasnye's.
Camel: Well, there's a big river there. And we don't say Baptist. We say Muslim.

Ti'tí': Wusni? Akyé!
Blue Jay: Muslim? Wow!

Tsonískyôt: Ne' wai hunönestæé' niyeya'tu'tê ne akéhak.
Red Squirrel: My aunt is a Presbyterian.

Ti'tí': Su't! Taatiyahsötha' niyeya'tu'të. Huti'khais niyeya'tu'të. Hënötya'takënye's niyeya'tu'të.
Blue Jay: Well! Let her be a Catholic! Let her be Episcopal! Let her be a Holy Roller!


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