Category Archive: Chinuk Wawa

Could this be an overlooked Métis/Canadian French word in Chinook Jargon?

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Additions to our knowledge of Métis/Canadian French input to Chinuk Wawa keep showing up.

1851, OR: earliest doggerel poem is a masterpiece of Chinuk Wawa

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Previously…: a California criticism of Oregonians’ love of Chinook Jargon.

1952 Chinook audio: Myrtle Woodcock

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There’s never enough multimedia material in Chinuk Wawa for learners to use; here’s a nice recording that’s been uploaded.

1893?: An “ol rawn” awesome li’l book

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Quadrilingual and full of awesome info about BC Chinuk Wawa!

“In the sticks” and back to Chinuk Wawa

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My friend muskwatch posted a question on this blog: Does anyone know if the phrase “in the sticks” comes from Chinook Jargon?

Saibashi, sasquatch, Toisan, BC

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For several years, I’ve been wanting to write more about saibashi…

Chinook Jargon prayer

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People are looking for this kind of thing online…

Chinook Jargon as a BC Aboriginal language

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CHINOOK JARGON AS A BC ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE: The following is an argument I wrote up as a grad student, a few years back. It’s keenly relevant now, eh?

Who’d’a Thunk It Dept.: Sennacherib from 2 different authors in Chinuk Wawa

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“The Destruction of Sennacherib“, some of you know, originally composed in English verse by Lord Byron in 1815, was translated into Chinook Jargon in 1903 by JJ Edwards, and now resides in a file at… Continue reading →

The Lord’s Prayer ends with “Kloshe klutchman”?

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What looks like a gratuitous sexist insult, “wake klooch kloochman” in my previous post, naturally invites a prayerful response. Spoiler alert — this gets gratuitous too. The Lord’s Prayer in Chinook Nisika Papa kla… Continue reading →