[Magdalen] Spring comes to the Vineyard

Grace Cangialosi gracecan at gmail.com
Mon Mar 18 19:55:46 UTC 2019


What an absolutely wonderful word! “Peepers” sounds so pedestrian by comparison!

> On Mar 18, 2019, at 2:06 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> https://www.mvtimes.com/2019/03/15/official-pinkletinks-back-town/
> 
> Pinkletink is a word only used on Martha's Vineyard and is thought to be an
> Anglicization of a Wampanoag word. There are still Wampanoag speakers,
> thanks to a revival, so maybe we should find one and ask.
> 
> Otherwise they're peepers.
> 
> -M
> ObAng: there are three Episcopal churches on the Vineyard


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