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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 12:19 AM
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The word of the day is HUITZTZITZIQUIH
(Nahuatl) n: Hummingbird

:evilgrin:
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Tom Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 12:30 AM
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1. You had to go and get all esoteric on us
Nope, couldn't be Huitzilopochtli, too mainstream, had to be Huitztzitziquih... :evilfrown:
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 12:33 AM
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2. I just opened the dictionary at random...
with my eyes closed...

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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 12:38 AM
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3. By the way, HUITZILOPOCH-TLI is on the same page
There is disagreement on the meaning of this name.
Contrary to some hypothesis, the first element, HUITZIL, 'hummingbird', modifies the second, OPOCH-TLI, 'left-hand side'.

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Tom Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 12:56 AM
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4. I recognized the huitzil part
I knew Huitzilopochtli was the Aztec god that all the human sacrifices got their hearts torn out for.

Have you seen this? Came across it doing the google search for an image..."Somebody's" name is mentioned... :evilgrin:

http://www.apodion.com/vad/article.php?aid=138
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 12:56 AM
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5. No it's not.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 01:10 AM
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6. Ha! My Tezcatlipoca eats your Huitztitziquih!
B-)
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 02:20 AM
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7. Gesundheit!
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