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1925, BC: Hiuskookum Fish Meal!
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1925, BC: Hiuskookum Fish Meal!
Another case of Chinook Jargon spotted in the wild. Thanks to our reader Alex Code. “Hiuskookum” brand fish meal! — From the Port Coquitlam (BC) Coquitlam News of January 16, 1925 (photo from a microfilm reader) Hiuskookum sounds to me like typical Settler use of Chinuk Wawa, making haiyoo (hayu) mean “very”, and making skookum (skukum) mean “excellent”. In other folks’ normal Jargon, the phrase would sound like “lots of strong things” or “lots …
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