Pronunciation of "eulachon"

[Sally Thomason]

David Lewis's article will have a lot more detail,
but here are a few spellings from my CW files:

Gass (March 9, 11, 1806): ulken `small fish'.

R. Stuart (June, 1812; see K. Spaulding, ed., 1953:33):
    Uth-le-chan `a fish like a smelt, 6" long, very fat
    -- Indians burn it like a candle -- and delicious'
 [This spelling suggests that the lateral is a fricative,
  and the spellings "lh" and "lk" and possibly even
  "lch" below may also indicate a lateral fricative.]

Pinart (1849:283): oulhan [with a short mark over the a] 
    `espece de petit poisson gras' 

Shaw (1909:51): oolchus `herring'.


    -- Sally Thomason

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