“Pneumonic” for “mnemonic”
[Speaker, who is a teacher, says an acronym, then:] “That’s a pneumonic for…” A way of breathing that helps you remember things? Deep! Heard on NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” today.
Glimpses of Three Coasts
Jackson, Helen (H.H.). 1886. Glimpses of three coasts. Boston: Roberts Brothers. [This is a travel book, the sections being I. California and Oregon, II. Scotland and England and III. Norway, Denmark and Germany.–DDR]… Continue reading
Seven Frontier Women and the Founding of Spokane Falls
Cochran, Barbara F. 2011. Seven frontier women and the founding of Spokane Falls. Spokane, WA: Tornado Creek Publications. [Written 1986 or 1987, just before the author’s death.–DDR] page 8: (in chapter I about… Continue reading
Pig-Tail Days in Old Seattle, cont’d
See my previous post for the bibliographic info on this one. Picking up where I left off: – page 57, about Spring Street: “The first families had to lolo chuck (carry water) from… Continue reading
Chinook Jargon – Chinuk Wawa
Here’s a new blog. Chinook Jargon is what I’m actively working on at the moment. (It’s called Chinuk Wawa in the language.) I used to run the CHINOOK listserv–which remains a great research… Continue reading