Chinook Jargon in the wild: The Tyee hotel & restaurant, Coupeville, Whidbey Island, WA

I’ve driven by this place many a time on my vacations!

Ever been there?

Image credit: The Tyee

The Tyee (‘boss’) is in Coupeville on Whidbey Island, one of the first places in Puget Sound that Settlers came to — therefore a place with a long Chinook Jargon history.

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