To the Editor of the Nowu-CiutNa Day News"
Sin—I am not sure whether 1 am right, but my theory is that the convenient little word "maskee" isnot derived from the Portuguese but from the Spanish, 1 believe it is the pidgin "English translation of the Spanish conjunction mas que, which means "although" in English: For Instance, the Spanish sentence Voy inds que Wueva go although it rains) or te quiero inds que me pegness (I love you although you eat me) ete, As far as I know, this same conjunction mes que does not exist in Portuguese and. It is, there fore, not improbable that the origin "maskee" dates back to the early Spanish days in the Par East.
Shanghai, July 0.
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