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1884: “You don’t know the chances” in Victoria, BC…if you can talk some Chinuk Wawa

Summary by Chinook Jargon
I wonder if this enthusiast about Victoria, British Columbia got his info about Chinook Jargon dictionaries from a speaker of CJ? … Take his words “The Chinook dialect has been printed” with a grain of salt to start with — it obviously references the proliferation of Chinuk Wawa dictionary pamphlets on the West Coast. Image credit: Boston Business Printing The attribution of those dictionaries to “somebody in Boston” is hilarious! No such Jargon…
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Chinook Jargon broke the news in on Monday, June 2, 2025.
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