Chinook Jargon in our lives: a hotdog place in Tokyo, Japan

Thanks to reader Sam Sullivan for spotting the Skookum Hot Dog Diner!

If it’s anything like the JapaDog offerings that I’ve sampled in British Columbia, I bet it really is skookum!

𛰅𛱁‌𛰃𛱂 𛰙𛱁𛱆‌𛰅𛱁 𛰃𛱄𛰙‌𛰃𛱄𛰙?
qʰáta mayka tə́mtəm?
kata maika tumtum? 
Que penses-tu? 
What do you think?
And can you say it in Chinuk Wawa?