<h1 id="blox-asset-title" style="font-size:30px;outline:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:normal;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:34px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="blox-headline entry-title" style="outline:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:38px">Editor's Notebook: Chinook’s practical language reflected their trading history</span></h1>
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Posted: <span class="updated" title="2013-08-09T10:00:00-07:00" style="outline:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px">Friday, August 9, 2013 10:00 am</span></p><p class="byline" style="font-size:11px;outline:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 10px;line-height:16px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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It’s tempting to believe that if everyone who lives here woke up one soggy morning speaking Chinook, our whole world would change forever.</p></span><span class="paragraph-1" style="outline:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px"><p style="outline:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 18px;line-height:15px">
There’s nothing original in the observation that what we speak imprints itself on the reality we perceive. Chinook was born of this place that positively churns with its own character. Even if English is increasingly the common language that binds interactions around the globe, Chinook may always be the best way to understand this utterly unique kingdom of water and mystery.</p>
<p style="outline:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 18px;line-height:15px"></p><p style="outline:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 18px">Access full article below: </p><div><a href="http://www.dailyastorian.com/opinion/columns/editor-s-notebook-chinook-s-practical-language-reflected-their-trading/article_b6b092e2-0061-11e3-87f7-001a4bcf887a.html">http://www.dailyastorian.com/opinion/columns/editor-s-notebook-chinook-s-practical-language-reflected-their-trading/article_b6b092e2-0061-11e3-87f7-001a4bcf887a.html</a></div>
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