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Howdy; before I go on, check it out, just found it and templated it - Slahal. Was thinking of stubbing it and "there it is". Lots to add, I daresay (never mind the two whiteman sources...).

And btw if I'm not mistaken "slahal" is the Salishanized form; the original Chinookan is "lahal" I think; isn't the s- preclitic a common/standard Salishan noun form? Anyway the gambling category people that createdd the article used the S-spelling; both are legitimate; I've seen "lahall" and "lahalle" also.Skookum1 (talk) 05:22, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I remember you bringing up the article so I quickly made a stub and put it together. Of course, lots to add. But it's something. As for naming conventions, there is a lot of ways of spelling/prounouncing it. Of course, each specific language and possibly dialect has their word (kekeltx in Skwxwu7mesh language or A'la'xwa in Kwak'wala). I've always heard it pronounced slahal or slhahal (among Burrad Inlet area anyways). But up north, it's Lahal. We used to joke that the Coast Salish beat the "S" out of the Kwakwaka'wakw so that's why they took it out. Fighting words eh? Fortunately and quite ironically the fights that did almost break out were resolved in a tourniment of slahal. No doubt, Coast Salish in origin, passed on to Chinook. Of course, all the other names can be added (probably a list?) for each respective language. Plus things like "gambling game", "bone game", "stick game", "bloodless-war game", etc. Glad you liked the article, look forward to seeing what you add. OldManRivers (talk) 06:17, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot, I have to add this: [1] OldManRivers (talk) 06:18, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just found this in Costello - the "inveterate 'sing-gamble' players" can only be a reference to slahal...never heard that term before, nicely descriptive huh?.Skookum1 (talk) 16:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just found this in Costello, too. Continues for a couple of pages; just change the url to 052.jpg etc.Skookum1 (talk) 16:57, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]