Original:  The meaning of the word today is unknown but  is commonly mistranslated to "he speaks badly, lazy, or broken"  Erickson 1978, pg. 135 This term is the exonym by which the Mikmaq people referred to this group when speaking to early Europeans.
Revised:  The meaning of the word today is unknown but is commonly mistranslated to "he speaks badly, lazy, or broken" . Erickson 1978, pg. 135 This term is the exonym by which the Mikmaq people referred to this group when speaking to early Europeans.
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