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<DIV><SPAN class=104231216-19092003><FONT face="Book Antiqua" color=#0000ff
size=4>Quick note: 'Mukluk' doesn't come from Chinook; rather, it's a loan
from Central Yup'ik Eskimo, maklak, where it refers to the species of seal
(bearded seal, a.k.a. thong seal) whence hard-bottomed mukluks are
made.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=104231216-19092003><FONT face="Book Antiqua" color=#0000ff
size=4>Roy Mitchell</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Jon Burpee
[mailto:jburpee@YAHOO.COM]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 17, 2003 7:37
PM<BR><B>To:</B> CHINOOK@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
Jargon in Alaska Gold Rush?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>I think Robert Service, the klondike poet, uses terms here and
there.</DIV>
<DIV>Check out "The Low-Down White" for an unpolitically correct usage of
'klooch' (kloochman) and Siwash.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Check out "The Ballad of Hard-Luck Henry for a use of 'cheechako'</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Check out "the Ballad of Blasphemous Bill" for use of 'mucklucks' and
'cheechako'</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Undoubtedly, there are more in Service's poetry.</DIV>
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<DIV>Jon Burpee<BR><BR><B><I>Nadja Adolf <yakimabelle@YAHOO.COM></I></B>
wrote:</DIV>
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