Wirt writes:

> Tim Ericson asks the probing question:
>
> > Thanks, Kemosabe!  (what *does* that mean, anyway?)
>
> It is a slangish transmogrification of the Spanish phrase, "+Quien sabe?"
> (Who knows?). The speaker of that phrase, the Long Ranger's faithful
> sidekick, was Tonto, whose name is Spanish means idiot, fool, or stupid.

Well, this is close to the Far Side cartoon that "explained" Kemosabe.

It showed Tonto looking up the word in some dictionary,
and reading aloud, "'Kemosabe: A horse's rear....'  What?!"

--Glenn

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