1793:”Sail” was a trade item, duh!
In which I dope-slap my forehead…
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1996: WJ Samarin, “Arctic Origin”, and ♀
Most of what scholars have published about Chinuk Wawa is worth a read if you’re a regular person, too.
1908: The most detailed description of North American French?
A scholar observed once, in a review of someone else’s publication, that most academic studies of North American French are plagued by a certain anecdotal quality…
European languages as one inspiration for GR CW long vs. short pronouns?
Let me start with a disclaimer.
1794: The earliest possible date for Chinook Jargon
To provoke your thoughts on the origin of Chinuk Wawa…
“Haul” as a Métis/Canadian word, too
We understand Chinuk Wawa’s word hál ‘to pull’ as coming from English ‘haul’.
The French Half-Breeds of the Northwest
I want to keep sharing what I’ve been learning of how Métis people, who were so crucial in bringing Chinuk Wawa to its classic and current form, spoke…
Why there’s a Chehalis and a Scowlitz in BC
Why is there a “Chehalis” in both Washington & BC, and a “Cowlitz” in WA plus a “Scowlitz” in BC?
1833-35: Journal of Occurrences at Nisqually House, CW in transition, and a pidgin Interior Salish?
Not to be confused with the later “Nisqually Journals” of 1849-1852 (ed. by Victor J. Farrar, who helped Clarence Bagley with the stuff we’ll be looking at below) that I recently investigated, okay?
More WW1 letters in BC Jargon
We’re again indebted to Alex Code of PoCo Heritage, this time for an addition to our file on wartime letters in Chinook “code talk”…