1861 California CPE: More engineering
Unnamed immigrants from China had something to say about devastating floods in California’s capital in the frontier era.
Monthly Archive: November, 2022
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1892: nuučaan’uɬ “Indians Afraid of Smallpox”
No vaccine deniers in this bunch!
Why “Grand Round” is really really old in Oregon English
TLDR answer: Métis people!
The Journals of George M. Dawson: British Columbia, 1875-1878 (VOLUME 2)
(Here’s a link to Volume 1.) One of our really good resources on BC Chinuk Wawa — which is far and away the best-documented variety of the language — is the jottings of… Continue reading
Coming soon? “Kilisut Passage”
Various derogatory or incorrect place names have been officially replaced, in the most recent meeting of the Washington State Committee on Geographic Names.
1873: Grand Round Jargon-related humor
Are we to understand that “Frank”, “John”, and the girls are Grand Ronde Indians talking Chinuk Wawa?
“Little Lilu” early learning center to open in Scappoose, Oregon
Another ray of sunshine in the news for us Chinuk Wawa lovers!
1914: LBDB’s “Chinook-English Songs”, part 4 of 15 “Hy-iu Moo-lok Mitlite”
Unusually for Laura Belle Downey-Bartlett’s collected Chinook Jargon songs, this one’s an original, not a translation of a hit.
1865: Antedating “salt chuck” in English
The superb “Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles”, 2nd edition, tells us “salt chuck” is first known in written English in 1857…
1862: BC Chinese immigrants talking Chinuk Wawa…or a CW/CPE blend
The compelling thought experiment here is to figure out if the quotation below is in BC Chinuk Wawa only, or in CW + Chinese Pidgin English.