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* Use of some prepositions like adjectives, such as ''between'' ("conflicted, stressed"), ''along'' ("prudent, culturally aware, on the right track in life"), ''without'' ("ascetic, minimalist"). These novel adjectives can even be conjugated ("He's alonger than he was last year"). | * Use of some prepositions like adjectives, such as ''between'' ("conflicted, stressed"), ''along'' ("prudent, culturally aware, on the right track in life"), ''without'' ("ascetic, minimalist"). These novel adjectives can even be conjugated ("He's alonger than he was last year"). | ||
* ''Meena'', a modal word derived from "mean to", which implies a weak desire to do something eventually, but not in the near future. It does not conjugate ("She meena visit Hawaii" - ''She would like to visit Hawaii one day, but it's alright if it never happens''). | * ''Meena'', a modal word derived from "mean to", which implies a weak desire to do something eventually, but not in the near future. It does not conjugate ("She meena visit Hawaii" - ''She would like to visit Hawaii one day, but it's alright if it never happens''). | ||
==Vocabulary== | |||
Some terms from [[w:Chinook Jargon|Chinook Jargon]] are in use in Whitsoot, but as it lies at the fringe of the Pacific Northwest, they are not as common or as numerous as in northern Oregon and Washington. | |||
However, many slang terms exist that developed independently among the industrial, hunting, fishing, and lumberjack communities of the Whitsoot area. These include: | |||
* ''ball'' - okay, satisfactory, average | |||
* ''berserk'' - a harmless but loud animal, person, or object, particularly a guard animal that may alert its owner to a person's presence | |||
* ''cough'' - pay, wages, rations | |||
* ''to cub'' - to deceive, to appear superficially safe or nonthreatening | |||
* ''nervous'' - exciting, exhilarating (for a situation or activity, not a person or animal) | |||
* ''normal'' - barren, denuded, shaven, cleared of foliage or debris | |||
* ''springy'' - attractive, cute | |||