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It is common to hear Native American communities refer to their vehicles as "ponies". While progressing in the Cheyenne language, I noticed that many terms related to "driving" and "automobiles" were used in relation to the horse. Example, you would use the command "Climb on the car!" rather than saying, "Get in the car!". Many words that we do not have translations for are usually substituted with our own descriptions. At one time, I was curious of how to say the word "tire" in Cheyenne to find one translation for it is "leg". This is the first time I remember wondering, "What would the world look like if all Cheyenne translations were taken literal?"