Monthly Archive: December, 2024

Northern Chinook Jargon in real life: GameSense brochure from BCLC

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This is probably more Chinook Jargon than you’re used to reading at one pop — take it easy!

1914: LBDB’s “Chinook-English Songs”, part 6 of 15 “Lilly Dale”

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Do you know “Lilly Dale”? Previously, I’ve written that this may have been the pop song that was most translated into Chinook!

1893 “History of Washington: The Evergreen State”: Volume 2

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Just 4 years into statehood, Julian Hawthorne and G. Douglas Brewerton rushed into print the 2-volume “History of Washington: The Evergreen State”.

1893 “History of Washington: The Evergreen State”: Volume 1

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Just 4 years into statehood, Julian Hawthorne and G. Douglas Brewerton rushed into print the 2-volume “History of Washington: The Evergreen State”.

The opposite of kʰə́ltəs? íləp!

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What’s an antonym of ‘no-good; worthless; useless’ — kʰə́ltəsh / kaltash / kultus — in Chinook Jargon?