The word Lulu

[Keith Thor Carlson]

Lulu was the professional name of a woman singer who entertained the
Royal Engineers.  They named the island in her honour.

keith

On Monday, August 30, 2004, at 11:26 AM, Bernard Schulmann wrote:

> I presume than that the name for the island Richmond BC sits on comes
> from the Chinook word lu'lu (Lulu island)   Can anyone confirm this
> and explain why?    The name for the island is rarely used as the
> city of Richmond takes up most of the island.
>
> Bernard in Victoria now
>>
>>
>> ---- Original Message ----
>> From: ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU
>> To: CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
>> Subject: RE: 2005 Chinuk-Wawa Lu'lu, Victoria: dates?
>> Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 23:19:56 -0400
>>
>>> Naika tlus tilikom,
>>>
>>> The 2005 Chinuk-Wawa Lu'lu (Chinook Gathering) is to be held here in
>>> Victoria, BC.
>>>
>>> As the site coordinator (??), I'd been thinking of scheduling the
>> Lu'lu to
>>> overlap with the Salish conference next August...but it turns out
>> that's
>>> going to be held at Musqueam First Nation in Vancouver instead.
>>>
>>> Now that I've thought a little more, that seems just fine.  Another
>>> gathering that definitely is happening in Victoria next summer is
>> the
>>> Stabilizing Indigenous Languages (StIL) conference.  This seems like
>> a
>>> better event to coordinate with, because (A) it's less linguisticky
>> and (B)
>>> way more people will be there.  Plus (C) there'll be a stronger
>> emphasis on
>>> actually using languages like Chinuk-Wawa instead of just
>> researching
>>> them.  And (D) there's a good chance that some of you on this list
>> will be
>>> presenting at StIL.
>>>
>>> The Stabilizing Ind Lgs conferences seem to happen in June, so this
>> means
>>> our Chinuk-Wawa Lu'lu would probably happen just before or just
>>> afterwards...early or late June?
>>>
>>> I'm soliciting our listmembers' opinions on all this.  Tlus msaika
>> wawa
>>> naika ikta msaika tomtom.
>>>
>>> --Dave R.
>>>
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Keith Thor Carlson, Ph.D.
History Department
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon Canada
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