ʔəy sweyəl

And as we leave this mall, here's a look at the back of the sign I posted at the very beginning of this set, featuring a phrase in the local Coast Salish language (hǝn̓q̓ǝmin̓ǝm̓), "ʔəy sweyəl", which appears to roughly translate to "good day", though sadly I've been unable to find a particularly good resource for this language. And even more sadly, I have no idea how to pronounce this... I really wish I had some knowledge of the local native languages, but so far I've been unable to learn even other languages that are relatively close to English, so I have no hope for ever learning something as distant as a Coast Salish language. (I'm pretty sure there's actually a mistake on this sign -- most likely, the question mark at the start is supposed to be the glottal stop, ʔ.) 


Anyway, that's it for this look at the newest mall I've ever visited, by far, and one of the most interesting! I haven't yet decided what I'm going to start next, but it will probably be another Safeway since I've been neglecting my backlog of long Safeway tours.

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