Nisbet, Jack. 2012. David Douglas: A naturalist at work / An illustrated exploration across two centuries in the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: Sasquatch. I was given a superb holiday present by my wife: a… Continue reading
If you’ve found your way to this blog by typing “head hunting jargon” into a search engine, let me say, Beware. Two reasons: First: Head hunting was never a big thing in the… Continue reading
How to write in Chinook Jargon? Thanks for voting! Share with friends so they can vote too! –David Douglas ROBERTSON–
Chinookers will recognize “callipeen” as a Jargon word for “rifle”–or generically for “gun”. I’m more used to the synonym “maskit” (musket), but both are valid. Like a lot of languages’ words for this… Continue reading
Do check out Omniglot.com. It’s an extensive collection of the world’s writing systems. There’s something fascinating and eye-opening about seeing the many ways humans have invented to write their languages. I’ll have a… Continue reading
If you were going to give a talk about Chinook Jargon at an elementary school, What would be your shortlist of grade-school Chinuk Wawa Words? I might for example go to the most… Continue reading
I have just read a long JPCL review of Geo Lang’s “Making Wawa” book. The reviewer lists every page where George could have cited him. (The reviewer.) I’d like to find copies of… Continue reading
