CJ in the news: The First Breath of British Columbia

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The October 1, 2025 edition of  The British Columbia Review was a nice report on people’s work to get Northern Chinook Jargon spoken again. Go give it a read, it’s good! 𛰅𛱁‌𛰃𛱂 𛰙𛱁𛱆‌𛰅𛱁 𛰃𛱄𛰙‌𛰃𛱄𛰙?… Continue reading

“The people built it

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A good sentiment in Chinook Jargon. “Tilikom klaska mamuk [Ø], kakwa chikmin wiht ukuk.“ (tílixam ɬaska mámuk, kakwa chíkʰəmin wə́x̣t úkuk.) “The people built it, and that’s also like money.” 𛰅𛱁‌𛰃𛱂 𛰙𛱁𛱆‌𛰅𛱁 𛰃𛱄𛰙‌𛰃𛱄𛰙?qʰáta… Continue reading

Ads and cultural references

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We’ve seen a number of ads that used Chinook Jargon. Image credit: DailyVerses.net Also advertisements 🙂 Here’s more, thanks to our reader Alex Code. This advert uses some frontier-era humour as well as… Continue reading

Painful cartoon in Chinook Jargon

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Pick any side to side with and you’ll find this one painful.

Respected elder Dr Louis Miranda tells you what Northern Chinook Jargon is like (Part 3: tloosh)

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More from the Youtube video “Louis Miranda: Squamish elder teaches Chinook Jargon“.

Nika halo politics

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SW WA pioneer Sidney S. Ford must have kept notes

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In the sterile conceptual ghetto of the “Young Folks” page in a midcentury USA newspaper, I found something precious.

Brace up, boys!

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Just below some jokey comments about cayuses (ponies, a Jargon word that became universally known in Pacific Northwest English), we have this…

Kamloops Wawa humor: chamberpots (2 of 2)

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Sometimes cultural contact is funny.

Self-contradictions: Both logical possibilities exist for “mamook-tlaHowyum”

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I couldn’t be more pleased to discover this sorta (semantically) minimal pair.