1871: A Negro boot-black (& a missing pidgin)
There’s at least one pidgin missing from the flock of languages in this astonished mention of a Portland Black man.
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1909: Chinuk Wawa in support of race-mixing
Iʹm fascinated to find Chinook Jargon brought to bear in an editorial advocating what was called “race-mixing”…
Warm from wine
Here’s a fun drinking metaphor in (I ain’t sayin’ nothin’) BC Chinuk Wawa.
1902: Red Men headline
What I love about this Jargon headline:
100 bucks up front: A rule they didn’t teach you in Jargon school
Or: quantities tend to be hot topics.
1888: Teddy Roosevelt spoke Chinuk Wawa! In the Kootenays!
For real? Yet another US bigwig involved with Jargon?!
Chinuk Wawa in a Stó:lō hymn book (Part 12: Finale)
In this mini-series, we’ve made our way through a whole lot of Methodist hymns translated into Chinuk Wawa in turn-of-the-century British Columbia.
1911: Klo-mass, Ni, Ka, Klat-ta-wa
This merits a brief post —
Beyond ínatay
One of my briefer posts…
tláy-tə́mtəm, a ‘surprise’ from Salish
I know we’re not supposed to speak moistly in the time of Covid-19, but I’m so happy to discover this one, I’m spluttering 🙂