Monthly Archive: May, 2026

Nika halo politics

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A fair motto!

SW WA pioneer Sidney S. Ford must have kept notes

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In the sterile conceptual ghetto of the “Young Folks” page in a midcentury USA newspaper, I found something precious.

Brace up, boys!

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Just below some jokey comments about cayuses (ponies, a Jargon word that became universally known in Pacific Northwest English), we have this…

Kamloops Wawa humor: chamberpots (2 of 2)

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Sometimes cultural contact is funny.

Self-contradictions: Both logical possibilities exist for “mamook-tlaHowyum”

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I couldn’t be more pleased to discover this sorta (semantically) minimal pair.