Glynn-Ward on BC Indian English & CJ

[David Robertson]

>
> "Rancherie" (as it is usually spelled) is not of "Indian English" origin, I
> don't think; it was used as much in ordinary English (and among older
> BCers, still is) as it was in English spoken by natives.  I think it's a
> "Spanishism" (from "rancheria"), inherited from the Mexican packers (and
> occasional) settler who figured in the Gold Rush history and thereafter in
> BC.......


Ah!  Like "grandee" in English -- but from a different time.

Dave