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A deeper analysis of Franchère’s 1820 CW vocabulary, + an early French loan discovered

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Quite interesting stuff, even on our umpteenth rereading of it!

What missionary CW “Simo” (Simon) tells us about Native people’s names

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How do you say “Simon” in French?

McArthur’s “Oregon Geographic Names” (part 6 of 8) … “Rickreall” solved?

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More exercise for your French skills…

FW Howay 1943 “Origin of the Chinook Jargon on the Northwest Coast” (post-contact)

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One of the very smartest pieces ever published about Chinuk Wawa’s history, was written by a BC judge.

How English and standard French ‘sealed’ the fate of CW úlx̣ayu

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It’s a first-world issue…

1902: Chiefs, coyotes, lapses, and excellent Bible translation

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Here’s another minor mistake in Chinook translation, but it’s one that generates an awesome bit of Bible reading.

1793:”Sail” was a trade item, duh!

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In which I dope-slap my forehead…

1996: WJ Samarin, “Arctic Origin”, and ♀

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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?

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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?

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Let me start with a disclaimer.