I wonder about indirect questioning
I received a copy of the excellent book “Language and Culture in Aboriginal Australia”, thank to the wonderful Lingoblog…
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1853: Not an April Fool’s ad?
One of the first newspapers in Washington would seem to have lost little time indulging in April Fool’s pranks…
Circa 1961: Okoke tea, yaka hyas kloshe
Eric Deane Sismey (1893-?) was a post-frontier surveyor in the Okanagan country of British Columbia, so his quotation of Chinook Jargon from a Native man seems worth paying attention to.
A Métis French stress pattern and Chinook Jargon
I have a simple insight to share today.
1791: Marchand in Haida Gwaii and a tiny but excellent word list
There’s very little going on here, linguistically. (But be sure to read on!)
1903: “Annals of Old Angeline” memorial poem
Kikisoblu, a.k.a. Angeline (circa 1820-1896), oldest daughter of Duwamish Chief siʔaɬ, was a landmark of early Seattle.
1909: A Jargon invitation…to Native people?
Straight out, this is some wacky (and in some ways wack) Chinuk Wawa that reader Alex Code sent my way…
1888: Political/religious/gender joke
My home state of Washington was among the first to legalize voting by women…
1915: Campus Day at the high school; another new Chinook hymn?
News coverage of a day of beautifying the still new high school campus in one of Washington state’s “Tri-Cities” involves two obscure expressions.
Métis people’s tracks in the BC Christmas landscape
The research I’ve been doing into the Métis linguistic presence in British Columbia leads to a timely discovery…