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A reason for “klaksta-man”

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A short note about the northern (BC) dialect.

Fort Astoria sign gets a rewrite

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“Fort Astoria Sign Gets a Rewrite“

mamuk-hayu- in BC CW, and the history of Reduplication

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There are real grammar differences between the newer/northern and older/southern dialects, as I call them, of Chinuk Wawa…

tq’iẋ = q’at?

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Here’s a new etymological thought…

Cheechako and Nuuchahnulth?

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Another mysterious word of Nuučaan’uł (Southern branch of Wakashan family) that’s reported to us by G.M. Sproat (1868:128)…

My vacation photos, part 5

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Part 5 of 5! Seen in Langley,  Whidbey Island,  Washington…

Lukameen, a Thanksgiving dish as American as apple pie

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A tip of the hat to Jack George for this seasonal find…

El Comancho’s Washington, DC newspaper column on Chinook Jargon (1 of 6)

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El Comancho (1867-1940) is said to have renamed himself thus, after supposedly being named “The Comanche” by a Sioux chief.

1893-1897: Sweet “BetseyAnnSpikes” :) (Part 2 of 7)

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Next in our mini-series…

CW keeps ‘wanting’ to ‘try’ ‘to do it in order to’

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From earliest times, the “Jargon” has a track record of trying.