Monthly Archive: September, 2023

Printer has been hiyu sick

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Friend of the blog, Alex Code of BC, sent along this amusing snip…

“Less familiar words” in the Northern Dialect (Part 1E: Shaw 1909, end)

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A consistently brilliant guide to vocabulary differences between the Southern and Northern Dialects of Chinuk Wawa!

1906: BC CPE and Jargon mixes

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Here are a couple more finds from our friend Alex Code.

1923: A re-discovered Kamloops Chinuk Wawa publication

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By a very lucky random chance, I’ve learned of a publication in Kamloops Chinook Jargon that we hadn’t seen before.

“Muck-a-muck” and Jargon history

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Preceded by a piece from H.G. Dulog, who gave us the phenomenal Chinuk Pipa “Story of a Stump”, we have a Colorado newsman’s sober thoughts on an American slang word & Jargon history.

Learning from the Lane learners (Part 7: kʰapá-alta)

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Today’s Lane Community College learner to learn from is Leslie Wells…

Learning from the Lane learners (Part 5: measurements and more)

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I’m finding so many great things to pass along from the amazing Chinuk Wawa community of Oregon…

“There is” a semantic parallel between French & Jargon

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Today’s post is the sketch of an idea.

Times of the day in northern Chinuk Wawa (versus southern)

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When we’re talking Northern Dialect Chinook Jargon, we have particular ways of expressing the parts of the day.

Cuitans and Native weather forecasters

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One way to avoid providing translations of Chinuk Wawa when you quote it in your newspaper…