October 1894: “Our Monthly Budget” (Part 3 of 3 — News from here and there)
How many of these Native communities of British Columbia can you find on a map?
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“I should remark!”
Frontier-era untranslated Jargon…
1880: Meriar has her hair banged
Are you going to clattawa to the party?
Myron Eells’s hymn book (Part 1: Jesus Chako Kopa Saghalie)
Previously here, we’ve taken close looks at the quality of various song lyrics in Chinuk Wawa, some superb, some rather questionable…
1869: Wisconsin tauntin’
A wedding announcement is a poor place to make fun of the groom, no?
1895: Col. B.F. Shaw in town, reminiscing [1840s, 1850s]
This man was a main Chinuk Wawa interpreter for the “Stevens Treaties” in Washington Territory, and he knew the language well, but…
1912: Address delivered at…Grand Ronde! (Part 2 of 5: PNW folklore about Chinuk Wawa)
Moving right along now…
1898: Chinuk Wawa ad in Hawaii — a contest!
Strange but true, we find various connections between Hawai’i and Chinuk Wawa!
1891: A previously unknown Chinook song, and a naughty allusion
Today’s tally: one newly discovered Chinuk Wawa song (but canceled out by its being lost to us), plus possibly more evidence that the naughty “Seattle Illahee” was PNW-famous!
Function of CW’s “silent” PREPosition, and a possible source of it
I’ve long pondered, why do fluent Chinuk Wawa speakers often leave out the preposition, kʰapa/kopa?