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Subject: [Melungeon] Melungeon & French
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 07:57:11 EST


Hi List,
I find this fascinating. It could very well be a twist of the
French word Melange. Giving that there was alot of French in the area. With a
accent it could easily be sounded out as Melungeon. When people ask me "What
are you", I always smile first and say "Well I'm mixed."
I do have French decent also. One point is how holler and hollow are
pronounced would be the best example of how a word could be turned around.

Cynthia

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