Talk:Kalakala

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I'm curious why the author said that the word was not known in any local language; was there a specific source for this statement? "Kalakala" is listed as meaning "bird" in an early 20th century Chinook jargon dictionary reproduced at http://chinookjargon.home.att.net/shaw.htm. The entry suggests that the word is the same in the Chinook language, so that may be the proper source for the word, but I haven't been able to confirm the word in Chinook. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.142.170.111 (talk) 09:02, 14 June 2005

[edit] Fleshing out the article

I've added some stuff to the article based on the sole source, the official Kalakala website, but I think there's a lot more that could be added. The aforementioned website has a lot of information that could be used in the article, especially on the history. The current history section is a bit underdeveloped, and nowhere is there a mention of how the Kalakala had the first commercial radar installed in it. I'd add that in, but there doesn't seem to be a good place to put it at the time being. I'm planning on working more, but I figured I'd let people know that this article needs a bunch of work. Finding more sources would probably also be a bonus... --clpo13(talk) 02:51, 7 October 2007 (UTC)