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LINGUISTIC ARCHAEOLOGY / of the Pacific Northwest / with David Douglas "Chinook Man" Robertson, PhD

Daily Archive: August 25, 2021

August 25, 2021

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A different twist on an evergreen joke

The Chinook phrase < hyas klose > (‘very good’) was the focus of much Settler humor…

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