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Nesika klose ilahe Umatilla! (& Grand Ronde)

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File under “Grand Ronde” (surprisingly), plus the usual “Doggerel”, “Poetry”, and “Pioneers”…

French of the Mountains: more evidence

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A comment in a BC government publication of the late 19th century supports the claims that there was a pidginized “French of the Mountains” in use.

Creolization of Chinuk Wawa at Qualicum, BC?

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“The only language at Qualicum is Chinook” — Is this a form of creolization?

Grand Ronde/Fort Vancouver Chinook Jargon in a product placement

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Paid advertising masquerading as editorial content…nothing is new under the sun!

Selish and Chinook dialects will not be transcribed with ease by means of Morice’s syllabary

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The Chinuk pipa “Chinook shorthand” is the “Chinook shorthand” because of this…

The Kuaut reserves, a hotbed of Chinook shorthand correspondence

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Quite accurate!

The great Panjandrum, the Hyu Tyee, the wonderful Pooh-Bah

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Disclaimer: the following was published 50 years before Donald Trump was even born.

Fraser River oolahans, a hyas closh muck-a-muck

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The most BC sentence ever 🙂 

Jump Off Joe! How’d that name happen?

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Because I deal in Linguistic Archaeology™, my readers know Pacific NW place names periodically come up here (see “15 Sous and the HBC” and such), so how about the oddity that is “Jump… Continue reading

Dogs are the missing link.

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Puzzling over a puzzle…