Word Search Puzzle

Mike Cleven ironmtn at BIGFOOT.COM
Sat Jan 15 20:46:11 UTC 2000


Jeffrey Kopp wrote:
>
> Klahowya, and for the tenas tillicums, here is a word puzzle from the
> CBC's "4 Kids" web site featuring "distinct Canadianisms," including
> several Jargon words:
>
> http://www.cbc4kids.ca/general/words/word-search/9806/default.html
>
> A clever, interactive Web page; push a button to find a word or
> reshuffle the puzzle.  (Apparently requires JavaScript, which most
> Web browsers should be able to handle.)

I only counted "cheechako" and "klahowyah".  "Ogopogo" is a decidedly BC
word, but not Jargon; the citation of "coulee" is of Prairie derivation
and usage, and is no relation to "cooley" (run) other than having the
same source French word (coulir).



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