1903: What was the original Chinook motto of the Kittitas County auditor?
This is a new discovery for me — should be possible to track down the answer.
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siʔaɬ (Chief Seattle’s) speeches to back-translate: Part 1 of 3
wəx̣t hayu masi kʰapa ukuk lalang-tayi Peter Bakker, yaka munk-kəmtəks nayka qʰa pus nanich ixt ɬush skul-pipa…
Cree influence on Chinuk Wawa?
A smart & interesting question was asked the other day by Luke Etxeberria in the “Chinook Jargon” group on Facebook.
1786: Alexander Walker on the PNW coast (part 2 of 2)
Here’s part 2 of 2 in our examination of a really neat historical document of early contact…
1786: Alexander Walker on the PNW coast (part 1 of 2)
For another early-contact account of “Nootka” (and south-central Alaska), we have a superb edition of…
Chxí ~ ‘recent past’ is tenseless!
(Don’t read this unless you want to talk fluent Jargon.)
1897: An Old-Time Salutation
Chinook spellings unique to one person are the evergreen hallmark of honestly learned Jargon!
1941: Frank Drew’s Chinuk Wawa song…a Wám-Háws-Tánis-Sháti?
Huge thanks to my reader “Joe” for pointing this one out!
1897: BS Jargon / OA Fechter
A well-received social event social event staged by the Yakima Commercial Club’s married male members for the benefit of everyone else included some laughable BS in Jargon.
1856: A Double Dose (California CPE)
Just another day at police court–with that other West Coast pidgin.