What a girl is in this moment

[sovay]

I was not previously aware of Calina Lawrence, but I am now listening to "ʔəshəliʔ ti txʷəlšucid (Lushootseed Is Alive)." The call-and-response refrain in the Coast Salish language translates to "How are you folks?"/"We are strong." I don't know what the rest of it means. It may not be for me.

From thinking about indigenous musicians, I discovered that Black Belt Eagle Scout has a new album that I would like to hear all of: At the Party with My Brown Friends (2019). Until then, there is this live performance.

I forgot to mention last night that spatch quoted me on Twitter. It makes me feel accomplished.

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[radiantfracture]

I took a linguistics course many years ago from Thom Hess, who spent his career working on Lushootseed. He used some examples of Lushootseed grammar and stories in the class, which was on a more general subject -- morphophonology maybe?

I remember he told a Lushootseed joke about a louse and showed it to us from various grammatical angles to demonstrate how the sounds changed.

[sovay]

I remember he told a Lushootseed joke about a louse and showed it to us from various grammatical angles to demonstrate how the sounds changed.

That is neat.