“Sounook”, a modest proposal
A recent “op-ed” letter to a BC paper suggests replacing the term “Chinook wind”…
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sisu, from Métis French as well as English
The Chinook Jargon word for ‘scissors’ comes from both Métis French and English…
siʔaɬ (Chief Seattle’s) speeches to back-translate: Part 2 of 3
wəx̣t hayu masi kʰapa ukuk lalang-tayi Peter Bakker, yaka munk-kəmtəks nayka qʰa pus nanich ixt ɬush skul-pipa…
1930 [1869+]: “Seattle Memories”
“Seattle Memories” is the autobiography of girl pioneer Edith Sanderson Redfield (1862-1933).
Beans via Métis French
It looks like North American French has used an English word for ‘beans’ for quite a long time.
1889: What a Canneryman Must Know, BC
We’ve observed Chinook Jargon as a language of the multiethnic work crews in Pacific Northwest salmon canneries…
1903: Old Settlers Send Chinook Invitations
We’ve seen this event covered before…
ubut, bout, but, butte, and Métis French
ubut ‘end; goal’ is another word that’s typical only of Grand Ronde (Oregon) usage…
1889: Jack or Donald “Truths”, Revelstoke, BC
I’m not catching the reference in the headline, are you?
SO MANY Métis words in interior PNW languages (Part 2: Kamloops Chinuk Wawa)
A notable feature of interior British Columbia’s historically recorded Chinook Jargon is its use of words that differ from the mainstream of the language…