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1936, WA: Seriously, yet another version of the “sitkum dolla” joke!

Summary by Chinook Jargon
Keeping score, I count 2 jokes within this late telling of our venerable PNW joke. Fish catching at Pike Place Market in Seattle (image credit: New York Times) First, it’s funny to me that we’re told sitkum dolla means 75 cents! It’s ‘half a dollar’. Normally the sitkum dolla joke is about an English-speaking settler taking that Jargon phrase for ‘6’ or ’16’ or ’60’ dollars. Second, the ending of this story has a twist that’s worth a chuckle. A.…
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Chinook Jargon broke the news in on Thursday, July 10, 2025.
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