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... have two annual K-12 competitions: ⋅ The Velia Salas & Milton Brown Otter Memorial Language Bowl in late Fall, which is focused on phrase building and vocab domains ⋅ The Wóksape Bowl in Spring, which has some language content but also celebrates the culture and history ...

... used in the former sentence. But in fact, neither of the sentences is grammatically correct. The books also contain a number of highly anglicized phrases, such as the reply to Tóškhe yaúŋ he? ‘How are you,’ -- Líla mawášte yeló. (page 6, book 1). This is a calque from the colloquial English phrase ...

Jan:

Frankly, I never liked the phrase Reputation points, as if someone was Fastest Gun in the West.

Appreciation Points or a variant of the feather award would be far more cordial.

Stephen

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