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From: rwt@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Rainer Thonnes)
Subject: Re: The Lone Ranger
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Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 16:36:37 GMT
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In article <4ukqin$2pb@niamh.indigo.ie>,
"Eoin C. Bairad" <ebairead@indigo.ie> writes:
> What, if anything, is the origin and language of Tonto's phrase "Kemo 
> Sabay".

The story I heard was that it's an Apache (or some other Red Indian
("Native American"?  Pah!)) insult or swear term, and means something
along the lines of "Horse Shit".
