Hop off that roost & play linguistic chicken with me
I.e. this article will be in questionable taste for some readers.
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Lo’s Legends Learned (by a remarkable woman)
In the 1880’s it was still quite rare for a young woman to strike out on her own to seek fortune and fame.
‘Slave’ and a very early loan?
I’ve recently been looking into the words for ‘slave’ in Chinook Jargon…
3rd week of Advent: a Bible reading
Here’s another kind-of-translation of the Christian Bible into Chinuk Wawa…
Necessity made a tongue (and a prayer)
Here we discover a new (well, 1890) prayer in Chinuk Wawa.
Dr. John Scoulerʹs journal & the expansion of Jargon beyond the lower Columbia
[Editing on 09.26.2021 to correct my headline — I don’t see evidence of CW beyond the Fort Vancouver area in Scouler’s or anyone else’s documents at the time. DDR] Often when we’re researching… Continue reading
The curse of Rev. W.C. “Chaltin”
Here’s the running tally:
A hatchet man is at the hello
Because a cartoon is involved, brace yourself for even rougher stereotyping than the usual (sexist as well as racist), but there’s real information here about California Chinese Pidgin English.
Second week of Advent
We’re currently in the second week of Advent, according to the traditional calendar that leads up to the year’s highlight of Jesus’ birth at Christmas.
Jeremiah Curtin & Chinuk Wawa
A really great read, that you’ve never heard of is the “Memoirs of Jeremiah Curtin“.