1910: Chinook wind in Chinook Jargon (+pidgin English)
Here’s a rarity.
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Another ‘yesterday’ in northern Chinuk Wawa
In the Northern Dialect of Chinook Jargon, we find lots of examples of tanki son (as it’s written in the old Kamloops Wawa newspaper) to express ‘yesterday’…
“Less familiar words” in the Northern Dialect (Part 1D: Shaw 1909 continued)
We return to the unexpectedly informative appendix, the “SUPPLEMENTAL VOCABULARY”, in George Coombs Shaw’s 1909 dictionary of Chinuk Wawa.
1915: Martha Alec Places Faith in Highway
Older people still remembered Chinuk Wawa well in 1915…
Chinuk Wawa in the news: Washington state slang
I guess I’ve heard all of these, not always realizing they’re special Warshington Talk!
Learning from the Lane learners (Part 4: ±alienable possession)
Are you ready to learn more from the excellent Chinuk Wawa students & teachers at Oregon’s Lane Community College?
1877: Please publish this warning in Chinook for Indians
The Nez Perce War of 1877 was starting, and some Settlers felt “marked” by the Indigenous folks.
1895: The word “Siwash”
One of the many newspaper pieces in the era speculating on the origin of this word that was well-known to PNW English speakers.
Culture lessons: Things Chinuk Wawa doesn’t do (Part 4: mamook’ing)
Contrary to popular belief (among some Settlers and recent learners), you don’t need to put “mamook” before every verb!
1890: “The Pioneers of Polk” sing in Jargon
Sounds like a great time was had at the first Polk County Pioneer Association reunion in 1890, the year the frontier closed.