Deadline next Monday: Can you solve this quiz?
At our friend Peter Bakker’s excellent LingoBlog, there’s a quiz you might want to try solving š
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“Less familiar words” in the Northern Dialect (Part 2B: Le Jeune 1924, “Hudson Bay french words”)
There’s more than one list highlighting “less familiar words” in JMR Le Jeune’s wonderful 1924 booklet, “Chinook Rudiments“, from Kamloops, BC. Le Jeune’s perspective, as a daily speaker and writer of Chinuk Wawa… Continue reading
1878, Thurston County Fair, WA: Hyu snass…
Unique spellings! Yay!
1879 [1853?]: A southwest Oregon “Indian war”
On the Rogue River of southwest Oregon, a Settler group heading to hunt gold in California has a violent run-in with tribal people.
Learning from the Lane learners (Part 6: horses and more)
I’m so happy we have reached a stage where we can learn from the learners of Chinuk Wawa!
1917 or earlier: Cheechako = Chicago!
Apparently I’ve yet to write about this folk-etymology of a Chinook Jargon phrase…
1883: Hyas close ictas at Mattoon’s
One of several ads for a western Oregon store in the late frontier era was in Jargon:
Culture lessons: Things Chinuk Wawa doesn’t do (Part 7: what does “is” mean?)
Talking Jargon means you never have to say “is” š
1913: Potato(es) Illahee is BC Chinuk Wawa
From the British Columbia town that soon moved & renamed itself to Prince George…
1894, Chelan, WA: A language now little used (alternate take)
The Chelan [Å”ÉlƦn] Salish man known as CultusĀ Jim, in north-central Washington state, was evidently known for his clear expression of Indigenous land title, in Chinuk Wawa.