We have recourse to Your Ol’ Pal Irwin‘s definition of “atrocious music™” (no offense):

Has anyone done the research to explain just why Native gambling songs are so often in Chinuk Wawa, rather than other languages?

A worthy read on a subject near and dear to a lot of us:

Everyone says Chinook Jargon was spoken all the way eastward to the Rocky Mountains. Or from the Rockies to the Pacific. 

I started writing a post today about why there’s so little Chinook Jargon documented in Idaho. It got involved. I’ll share it as a separate article soon. Today let’s just look at one… Continue reading →

Something to brighten your flu season in the North land:

It’s ridiculously Western.

A brand-new word, and a brand-new structure:

Chinook Jargon reflects its Native heritage, for example with a number of “popping” sounds: c’h, k’, k’w, p’, q’, q’w, t’, t’ɬ, t’s.

I won’t transcribe all of the English in this eyewitness letter from the Rogue River Indian war, although it’s enlightening to learn of the White volunteers’ greed.