Comments on: An Alaskan translates the Bible…

By: ElShaddai Edwards

ElShaddai Edwards — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:35:38 +0000

Wayne – it turns out that my dad went to church with Loren up in Alaska for several years and talked with him quite a bit about the decision to run for governor. What a small world!

Also, evidently somewhere in my dad’s pile of papers, he has a copy of the original permit for your dad to operate a fish trap. Not sure how he ended up with that, but I thought you might be curious…

By: ElShaddai Edwards

ElShaddai Edwards — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:30:38 +0000

@Nathan - Native Alaskan gold rush slang for a "tenderfoot", i.e. someone in unfamiliar territory. I'm using it here to suggest that some of Jesus' disciples were new to his teaching and unfamiliar with the demands that he made.

By: Nathan Stitt

Nathan Stitt — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:19:01 +0000

cheechakos? that’s a new one

By: ElShaddai Edwards

ElShaddai Edwards — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:31:04 +0000

@Peter – sorry, I had to rescue your comment from spam purgatory… Thanks for the link on St. Herman – I’ve heard the name, but didn’t honestly know that much about him – now I do!

By: ElShaddai Edwards

ElShaddai Edwards — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:29:09 +0000

You know, if you could translate the Bible into Alaskan English really quickly, you might make big bucks between now and the election [...]

Hmmm… I wonder if one could get away with translating (paraphrasing?) the “strong” and “weak” passages in Romans as “sourdough” and “cheechako”, respectively!

Perhaps you could even get an endorsement on the book jacket from Sarah Palin and her former rival for Lt. Gov., my brother.

I could probably also get one from my brother and his boss, Sen. Lisa Murkowski. I wonder if our brothers know each other – Isaac worked for Frank Murkowski in the U.S. Senate and was involved in his governor campaign as well.

By: Wayne Leman

Wayne Leman — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:16:32 +0000

You know, if you could translate the Bible into Alaskan English really quickly, you might make big bucks between now and the election (and even afterwards if Sarah gets elected–I have been on a couple of linguistics blogs where there have been questions about her dialect–my conclusion was that she was influenced by Bush English–and that has nothing to do with the Bush Doctrine!!). Perhaps you could even get an endorsement on the book jacket from Sarah Palin and her former rival for Lt. Gov., my brother.

By: Peter Kirk

Peter Kirk — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:48:20 +0000

I thought this might be about St Herman of Alaska, coincidentally mentioned by Eddie today, or else St Wayne Leman of Ninilchik, whose ancestor Agrafena was an early 19th century contemporary of St Herman on Kodiak Island. I have learned a lot about Alaska in the last few weeks since it has been in the news!