I understand that that’s the Canadian price. But I have many other questions.
I’ve driven by this place many a time on my vacations!
A word you might not have noticed in the awesome 2012 Grand Ronde Tribes dictionary of Chinuk Wawa is wálamsh ‘Rogue River tribe’ (from southwest Oregon).
Just into the post-frontier period, one western Washington political candidate’s name made him a target.
Today I’m on Whidbey Island, WA, on a research & writing trip.
The Southern Dialect Chinuk Wawa word for ‘Tillamook’ people is t̓ilímuksh, which is not those Salish people’s own word for themselves (Hutyéyu as I recall).
At the inauguration of new Spokane Tribe Chief Jim Sam in the post-frontier days, many witnesses were present from other tribes.
Long story short: where X and Y are common nouns, “n X (kopa) n Y” = “n number of things X per n number of things Y” in Chinook Jargon.
The Patriarch, who was of course a cranky old White guy with plenty of cojones privilege, put his shoulder into the work of revitalizing Chinuk Wawa more than a century ago.
I’ve spoken many times about the various forms commands (imperatives) in Chinook Jargon take.
