On Thu, 27 Jul 1995, Dennis Paulson wrote:

> It turns out the six-letter acronym for the Washington White-tailed
> Ptarmigan, WAWTPT, appears to be the same as the Nooksack word meaning
> "tasty bird ghost in winter."

It is strange how the same six letters can recur in other languages and
have dramatically different meanings. Checking my Indo-Aryan Root Word
Dictionary indicates that WAWTPT is the root for "one with tongue in his
cheek"

dale goble
moscow, idaho