Pidgin English in CJ, another installment

David Robertson ddr11 at COLUMBIA.EDU
Sat May 1 03:42:23 UTC 2004


By the way, on the following page of Kamloops Wawa is the English version
of the same advertisement.  It shows 'do.' [ditto = 'the same'] where the
CJ version has 'olsim'.

Another note:  The book title given in CJ as 'Ankati ST Mamuk Sahali Ilihi
pi Ukuk Ilihi' [God Made Heaven & Earth] is, in English, 'Bible History
v.1 Chinook'.

A very tangential note:  In the CJ advertisement, the only items offered
for sale are this book and complete yearly volumes of KW for 1892, 1893,
and 1894.  In the English advertisement, all of the above are offered
along with 'Indian Pr[ayer] Book', 'Chinook Vocab.', and 'Elements of
Shorthand'.  Different audiences, different pitches.

--Dave R.

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