1896: Didn’t sabey Chinook
Might be the earliest known occurrence of the perfect Pacific NW joke.
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1895: Sladen / Hurd, “On the Cars and Off”
Once upon a time, it was fashionable for upperclass Englishmen to tour Canada & publish a book about it.
yátʰum: a bonus etymology?
The word yátʰum ‘sister-in-law’ is not very well-known in Chinuk Wawa.
1867: Salish telegram in Chinook
This should have been posted on my site long ago, when I originally read it! 🤷♀️🤷♂️
Another version of the US Grant ‘n’ Stanton ‘n’ Nesmith ‘n’ Ingalls anecdote
A different Chinook telegram!
/r/ in Chinuk Wawa is Métis
If I’m not mistaken, the phoneme /r/ in Chinuk Wawa is essentially Métis in origin.
1929: Saanich clams
Credit goes to my reader Alex Code for today’s harvest of genuine BC Jargon.
“Sounook”, a modest proposal
A recent “op-ed” letter to a BC paper suggests replacing the term “Chinook wind”…
sisu, from Métis French as well as English
The Chinook Jargon word for ‘scissors’ comes from both Métis French and English…
siʔaɬ (Chief Seattle’s) speeches to back-translate: Part 2 of 3
wəx̣t hayu masi kʰapa ukuk lalang-tayi Peter Bakker, yaka munk-kəmtəks nayka qʰa pus nanich ixt ɬush skul-pipa…