1918, AK: Humor about Chinuk Wawa
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1918, AK: Humor about Chinuk Wawa
Enough readers of this post-frontier era Alaskan newspaper understood Chinook to make it worth publishing the following joke. I imagine “Alaska Pioneer” is the name of another newspaper. Alaska Pioneer wah-wah copa okoke: “Cumtux this Wah-wah?” “This?” Yakah Boston man’s wah- wah. Cloxta mesatchee pe “Okoke?” — from the Juneau (Alaska) Empire of October 10, 1918, page 4, column 2 A rough and ready translation: “The Alaska Pioneer talks about thi…
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