1788: Meares in the Nootka zone, and the limitations of proto-Nootka Jargon
A hat tip to Dr. Peter Bakker for nudging me to more fully explore British maritime fur-trader John Meares’ journals…
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Elma, WA: Preacher could speak in tongues, not in Chinook!
This anecdote puts me in mind of the skeptic who tested a psychic by giving him questions in Chinook š
Is pchiĢxĢ£ ‘green’ related to tipsu ‘leaf’?
This is the first article idea that ever came to me in a dream…
WJ Samarin “Chinook Jargon and Pidgin Historiography”
There’s a 1986 scholarly article that I recommend more highly than any other…
19th c.: THE BRITISH COLONIST (Part 2: the Howse case)
A Settler who went on to advertise in Chinook in the Kamloops Wawa was accused of murdering a Native man, Billy Harper…
Colville French MeĢtis who spoke Chinook Jargon but not “Indian”
There are US MeĢtis people, too, of course.
Strychnine again! “His Wits Saved His Life”
After Alex Code’s recent find of strychnine being discussed in Chinook Jargon (as lamachiĢn ‘medicine!), this frontiersy anecdote sure caught my eye…
hoĢl and haĢl?
Spare a thought for the etymology of Grand Ronde Chinuk Wawa’s hoĢl ‘to hold’…
Pus vs. pi, for subordination
Sometimes you have alternatives, and they can be meaningful…
“Toque” and MeĢtis vowels
Just a thought about vowels ‘n’ toques ‘n’ MeĢtis people.