Lempfrit’s legendary, long-lost linguistic legacy (Part 16)
The 16th pair of pages in this precious document again brings us plenty of stuff worth knowing about Chinook Jargon!
Monthly Archive: December, 2023
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1916 (WW1) cartoon: Yes, Jeff is very fond of Bob Service’s poems
A nationally syndicated cartoon strip making a reference to World War One backs up my recent point that Robert Service’s poetry of the Klondike was hugely popular…
1872: “Letter written by an Indian Chief” at Grand Ronde
Without preamble, a local newspaper published what it called a “Letter Written by an Indian Chief”, in recognizably local Chinuk Wawa. You talkin’ about me?: T.H.B. Odeneal (image credit: Levi Odeneal page) The… Continue reading
Didactic dialogues in CW dictionaries, Part 4N (Gibbs 1863 ex phrases/sentences: How [the heck]?)
Let’s get into the wherefores and how-to’s!
Lower Chehalis ‘fast; hurry’ ~~ Chinuk Wawa ‘fast; hurry’
One word in Lower Chehalis Salish (an ancestor language of Chinuk Wawa) has 2 uses…
Deadline next Monday: Can you solve this quiz?
At our friend Peter Bakker’s excellent LingoBlog, there’s a quiz you might want to try solving 😁
“Less familiar words” in the Northern Dialect (Part 2B: Le Jeune 1924, “Hudson Bay french words”)
There’s more than one list highlighting “less familiar words” in JMR Le Jeune’s wonderful 1924 booklet, “Chinook Rudiments“, from Kamloops, BC. Le Jeune’s perspective, as a daily speaker and writer of Chinuk Wawa… Continue reading
1878, Thurston County Fair, WA: Hyu snass…
Unique spellings! Yay!
1879 [1853?]: A southwest Oregon “Indian war”
On the Rogue River of southwest Oregon, a Settler group heading to hunt gold in California has a violent run-in with tribal people.
Learning from the Lane learners (Part 6: horses and more)
I’m so happy we have reached a stage where we can learn from the learners of Chinuk Wawa!