Tis the season to be jolly!
Enjoy and be warm...
Monday, December 29, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Bunk Bab-age - Luke Word of the Week 6-8-08
Bunk bab-age n. Skunk cabbage - A large-leafed plant that grows in Southeast Alaska. It is usually one of the first plants to return after winter. Leaves can grow to four feet long and two feet wide.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Ou-wivs - Luke Word of the Week 4-23-08
Ou-wivs - n. Olives
Ou-wivs are best eaten from the tips of your fingers.
Ou-wivs are best eaten from the tips of your fingers.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Ek-ma-most - Luke Word of the Week 4-20-08
Ek-ma-most - n. Eskimos
This word shot to the top of the list for the week as Luke out of nowhere pointed to our calendar of Inupiat values and said "Ek-ma-most." Also used in the song, "One little, two little, three little Eskimos" as taught to him by a prominent Inupiat woman on the plane ride back to Barrow last week.
This word shot to the top of the list for the week as Luke out of nowhere pointed to our calendar of Inupiat values and said "Ek-ma-most." Also used in the song, "One little, two little, three little Eskimos" as taught to him by a prominent Inupiat woman on the plane ride back to Barrow last week.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
April 13, 2008 Luke Word of the Week - Snomamee
Sno-ma-mee - n. Snowmachine.
Often followed by "on," "havit" (have it), "brrrmmm" or "nearrrrr." Non-Alaskans call these vehicles snow mobiles. Luke will say snomamee (repeatedly until confirmed as correct) when he hears the loud two-stroke machines race by our house or when he sees them through the house or car window (or sunroof)...or in the freezer aisle of the grocery store.
Previous unpublished Words of the Week:
Alak-a A-lines - n. Alaska Airlines
Cock-e-doo - n. what a rooster says.
O-tel - n. hotel
Em-a-mee - n. Our friend Emily from Juneau
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