Bergy Bits, Growlers, PIGs, I&I; Alaska Dictionary (1988)

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   Greetings from the Valdez Library (Alaska).

BERGY BITS, GROWLERS--Seen on a display at the Valdez Museum.  Broken off bits of icebergs.

BALEEN--The Museum says it's called "nature's plastic."

SLIMERS--People involed in seafood processesin, such as the "slime line."

PIGs--Pipeline Inspection Gauge.  There are smart pigs and scraper pigs.  It was written as "pigs" and not PIGs."  One tour guide here didn't know the acronym.

ROUTE, ROOF--The tour guide is from Michigan, and she came to Valdez in 1975.  "Route" she pronounced like the word "out," and "roof" she said like the word "rough."

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AMAZING PIPELINE STORIES
by Dermot Cole
Fairbanks: Epicenter Press
1997

Pg. 118:  ...$1,100 a week for working "seven tens," seven days a week, ten hours a day on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

Pg. 124:  In some quarters, R&R was known as "I&I," meaning "Intoxication and Intercourse."

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ALASKA DICTIONARY AND PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
by Jan O'Meara
155 pages, paperback
Homer, Alaska: Wizard Works

   A nice book.  I'm short of time on this computer.  Let me know if you want a copy at $11.95.

Pg. 3:  AG LAND  (Agricultural Land--ed.)

Pg. 5:  ALASKA TUXEDO--Slack and jacket ensemble of wool whipcord, somewhat resembling a heavy-duty leisure suit...

Pg. 5:  ALASKAN HIGH KICK...

Pg. 12:  ATHABASKAN... (OED?--ed.)

Pg. 13:  AVALANCHE CHUTE...

Pg. 15:  BANANA BELT...

Pg. 16:  BARN DOOR--Slang term for extremely large HALIBUT, generally larger than 200 pounds; sometimes also called a SOAKER.

Pg. 20:  BEAR PAWS--Rather stubby type of SNOWSHOE, rounded on both ends...

Gotta go!


1988