A trip to the Siletz country (yep, Grand Round is involved)
In earlier days, instead of sending postcards, you might write a letter about your vacation to the hometown paper’s editor…
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Krismas (nowél) (Christmas)
łúsh nowél pi miri krismas to my faithful daily readers!
24 December, the “Vigil at Christmas”
My readers know I’ve gifted them a good deal of information about “Christmas” in Chinuk Wawa…
Entwisted Tongues: Indigenous & European metaphors for ‘language’ in Chinuk Wawa
A Facebook discussion started by well-known linguist Geoffrey Nunberg the other day got me thinking…
Hop off that roost & play linguistic chicken with me
I.e. this article will be in questionable taste for some readers.
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