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From the 1850s Gold Rush period and later, new immigrants brought the Chinese, Japanese and Scandinavian and South Asian languages.<br> | From the 1850s Gold Rush period and later, new immigrants brought the Chinese, Japanese and Scandinavian and South Asian languages.<br> | ||
British Columbia's strong resource economies, particularly in fishing and logging, have their own terms and slang often found in letters and newspaper articles, even in government reports. <br> | British Columbia's strong resource economies, particularly in fishing<sup>5</sup> and logging<sup>6</sup>, have their own terms and slang often found in letters and newspaper articles, even in government reports. Some of these have been commonly used even by those not in these occupations.<sup>7</sup><br> | ||
=== Language Tools === | === Language Tools === | ||
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<sup>4</sup> [http://www.learnmichif.com/ Learn Mechif], Metis Youth British Columbia (MYBC) and the Métis Nation BC (MNBC).<br> | <sup>4</sup> [http://www.learnmichif.com/ Learn Mechif], Metis Youth British Columbia (MYBC) and the Métis Nation BC (MNBC).<br> | ||
<sup>5</sup> [http://pacificforestfoundation.org/glossary.html Logging Terms], Pacific Forest Foundation | |||
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[[Category:British_Columbia | <sup>7</sup>''Wet Coast Words'' by Tom Parkin (Orca Book Publishers, 1989). | ||
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