1891: A previously unknown Chinook song, and a naughty allusion
Today’s tally: one newly discovered Chinuk Wawa song (but canceled out by its being lost to us), plus possibly more evidence that the naughty “Seattle Illahee” was PNW-famous!
Monthly Archive: September, 2023
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Function of CW’s “silent” PREPosition, and a possible source of it
I’ve long pondered, why do fluent Chinuk Wawa speakers often leave out the preposition, kʰapa/kopa?
Kamloops Wawa pictures, part 11: Louis-Napoléon St Onge
Click the following link to browse all installments in this series!
Ø₁, Ø₂, Ø₃: You’ve got to pick one or the other, although neither of them ought to be what they claim
It is on Housing Project Hill…
1911: Astoria centennial program
Hat tip to Juli in the Discord Chinuk Wawa group, for finding this fun item!
Lempfrit’s legendary, long-lost linguistic legacy (Part 14)
Complete with at least one exciting new discovery, here’s the 14th pair of pages in our overlooked document from circa 1849.
Where does the Jargon word “mali” for ‘a medal’ come from?
I’m so completely puzzled by this one, I’m just putting this question to the public:
Chinuk Wawa in the news: Skookumchuck Narrows Park
Click to go read about it…
Didactic dialogues in CW dictionaries, Part 4L (Gibbs 1863 ex phrases/sentences)
Now we’re up to Part 4-“L”, as in “Let’s talk about me!”😁
John C. Davenport’s good reputation among Molallas and other Native people
Famous Oregon-born cartoonist Homer Davenport, who spoke Jargon, now tells an anecdote of his uncle doing likewise…