‘Strychnine’ in Port Coquitlam
Another hat tip to Alex Code, Museum Manager of PoCo Heritage Museum & Archives in Port Coquitlam, BC…
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A little older (folk) etymology, and synonyms, for kabréys?
The experts all agree that “cabresse” is a North American French borrowing from the Spanish-speaking cattle herders of the American Southwest, perhaps via Louisiana. I agree too, but…
More clues that religious CW is southern, creole CW
It’s a point that I’ll always keep making, and building up the proof.
1888: A sermon by Myron Eells (part 5)
Time to pick this interesting thread up again…
At last, the Cree etymology of Siskiyou
A much-debated Chinuk Wawa word, considering how rare it is, is the name of the Siskiyou Mountains in Oregon’s Jackson and Josephine Counties, and into northern California.
“Mákook pi Sélim”
A brief illustration of how Chinook Jargon words change meaning over time…
1858: A California goldrusher on the Fraser speaks CW thru a bottleneck
Here’s one of the cheechakoes who did most of the work of making Chinuk Wawa a nearly universal BC language.
1912: A postcard in Chinuk Wawa (from a new archive)
Rein “Snass” Stamm, have you seen this?
October 1817: Swanimilich speaks “English”
The book is “Voyage autour du monde” (tome premier) by Camille De Roquefeuil (Paris: Béthune et Plon, 1843).
Inadvertent cussin’ in a hymn!
A long hymn composed by none other than St. Thomas Aquinas gets a slightly alarming Chinook translation…