Respect your elders

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It’s my birthday. Instead of telling you my age, allow me to teach a valuable lesson:

Three ways to say one thing in Chinook Jargon:

• Kamloops:
  tlus msaika mamuk taii msaika ol man tilikom
  well you.folks make leader you.folks’ old man people
• Lower to mid-Columbia River (Father St Onge):
  tlush-nanich-kopa-tomtom msaika mank-oleman telikom
  well-regard-in-heart you.folks’ more-old people
• Grand Ronde style:
  kímtəks msáyka úlman-tílixam
  to.regard.highly you.folks’ old-people

Translation:

RESPECT YOUR ELDERS

Next time I teach it, I’m gonna add “or else!” in Jargon 🙂

Dedicated to my fellow child of December, chup henli