Hi-yu Jesus and halo muck-a-muck
A post-frontier Settler writer characterizes the prevailing mood in Indian country…
Author Archive
0 Comments
CW numerals and language universals
One of the many ways Chinuk Wawa can be proved to be just like any other human language —
‘Fathom’ from ‘rope’ — an Indigenous metaphor
The early CW measure word íɬana ‘fathom; yard’ has been shown in the superb Grand Ronde dictionary to come from Chinookan…
Sixes, Oregon: a triple play, Dene to CW to English
Well yes, I do get some of my linguistic information from the press releases of brewing companies…
1841: Previously unknown early CW place names…and Native humour??
A Chinuk Wawa place name that I hadn’t known of 1in the lower Columbia River area…
CW in the news: Canadian slang terms
For a bit of fun, check out a recent article about province-specific slang words in contemporary Canada…
El Comancho’s Washington, DC newspaper column on Chinook Jargon (2 of 6)
I haven’t been able to track down all of the published installments, but here’s another of El Comancho’s sorta Jargon-for-kids column…
1892: Limpy Jim and other fools
More of that California Indian pidgin English (etc.)…
Indirect, weak evidence that CW ‘clams’ might be from French
A rather obscure Chinuk Wawa word for ‘clams’ has long stirred comment…
[CAUS-X]+N = N compounds have stayed fresh
Huh? Is this language or is it math!?