Indian summer

[dustypuss]

why do we say its a Indian summer when it a hot day in autumn

[dustypuss]

it wasn't a pointless question I didn't know but now I do.

no question is pointless if you seek a answer

thank you Zacmaster :-)

[squarebear]

I think Zacsmaster was saying it was pointless because this sort of question can easily be answered using google.

[eltelioni]

And it is delightful for those of us who skim through answerbank and find answers to questions we never thought to ask.

[Tom Braider]

None of the explanations in the wiki article were known to me; I thought it was from the old american usage of "indian" to imply that something was fake - like "Indian giver". Rather an un-PC usage now, of course, if not actually racist.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/853/w hats-the-origin-of-the-expression-indian-giver

[BertiWooster]

Indeed , eltelioni