>>>Well DUH_UH!, and i googled "Iraquois" and got both spellings.
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>>There was an educational thread recently on googling for a spell (re tetanus vs tetnus). I think you missed that one, being in the pre-employment absence. The moral of the story: you can't trust the spelling, it's so often wrong.
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>Sure, but the suspect spelling made the joke (and I did favour "iroquois") :-)

One morning during my term in the army...

pal 1 to pal 2: "you better go visit the barber before the boss (aka corporal) sees you... you look like a Chirokese"

pal 2: "wait a minute, did you mean a Cherokee or an Iroquois?" (which we pronounce "irokez")

pal 1: "Actually, i meant Cherkes"

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherkes)