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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Klahowya kloshe Sikhs,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nesaika mamook Chinook Tenas Wawa!!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hiyu laly ahnkuttie, kunsih chako Lewis pe Clark
okook kloshe illahee kopa Tchinouk tillikum. Clark klatawa mamook nanitch
klap. Kunsih yaka kilapai chako kunamokst, klaska wawa:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Clark How Are You?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Tchinouk tillikum, klaska mamoook kwolan, klaska tumtum "greeting".
klaska mamook wawa "Kla How Ya".</DIV></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ekahnum Kopet</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>============</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello good friends, we do Chinook
Jargon.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope that everyone is enjoying the
conference. Sadly I was not able to go; I was really looking forward to
it, but a recent car accident has caused a serious disruption to my
life.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yesterday I was talking with a Chinook friend (I am
also part Chinook) and greeted him with "Klahowya". He surprised me by
telling the following story.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A long time ago, when Lewis and Clark came to
the land of the Chinook people. Clark went out on a scouting trip.
It's not clear if the Chinooks met Clark and came back with him, or if they were
already in camp when Clark returned. But in either case, upon Clark's
return he was greeted with: </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Clark How Are You?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Chinooks observed this and understood it to be
a form of greeting. They then did their best to imitate it (sans "r") and
it became "Kla How Ya"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mamook HeeHee,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-- Erik</FONT></DIV>
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