Why isn ’t Kwitshadi a good CW word?

[Yakima Belle]

I replied to Francisc off-list originally because I
did not wish to discuss this on the list because it
results in in-fighting and accusations of "agendas"
and I did not want to see anyone treat him to the sort
of private missives I received after posting stories
and articles to the list - missives that attacked
orthography and vocabulary and were so vicious I quit
posting them here and took up Arabic.

As for "agendas", the only one I ever had was to
relearn a language I heard around me in childhood.
Perhaps those who have "agendas" should let me know
what they believe my alleged "agenda" to be.


--- Francisc Czobor <fericzobor at YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> LaXayEm !
>  
> If the facts are like that, then sorry for the
> missunderstanding.
>  
> Francisc
> 
> Tom Larsen <larsent at pdx.edu> wrote:
> 
> LaXayam, Francisc,
> 
> No one ever said at the Chinuk Lu7lu that kwitshadi
> was not a good CW 
> word. The person who reported that on the list was
> misreporting the 
> facts, apparently because they had other axes to
> grind. If memory 
> serves, this was even pointed out in another message
> to the list. In 
> any case, what was stated at the Lu7lu was that the
> word kwitshadi was 
> not used at Grand Ronde. It was explicitly stated
> that kwitshadi WAS 
> used in other places besides Grand Ronde. The author
> of the message on 
> the list apparently didn't remember that.
> 
> aLqi nesaika wawa,
> 
> Tom Larsen
> 
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> 
> 
> 
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