the 'questionable' items in my Alaska English / CJ message (fwd)

[David D. Robertson]

About the message below, which appeared on our list 4 years ago, I'll say I
haven't found evidence yet that 'hooch' formed part of Chinook Jargon in
Alaska or elsewhere.  I guess this is a bit of a retraction!  --  Dave R.


On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 20:31:27 -0700, David Robertson
<drobert at TINCAN.TINCAN.ORG> wrote:
>I'm moved
>to add a short note about the words I've marked as questionably derived
>from Chinook Jargon.
>
>'hooch' is in a class by itself in my list, because it's transparently
>from Tlingit.  However, the reason I include it with some confidence is
>that the Tlingit people spoke some pretty good Chinook Jargon, apparently
>as well as the Tsimshian folks.  'xucnuwu lEm' [hoochinoo lum] is
>imaginable as a CJ vector for the entry of the term into Alaskan whites'
>lives.