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To: RightWhale

What's a cheechako, RW? Is that a local term in Alaska?


16 posted on 01/04/2007 11:00:19 AM PST by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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To: ConorMacNessa

It's a term of endearment for those who come to Alaska to teach Alaskans how it is done.


23 posted on 01/04/2007 11:03:52 AM PST by RightWhale
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To: ConorMacNessa

I think a Cheechako is an Inuit Macaca.


65 posted on 01/04/2007 11:59:10 AM PST by pasquale ("If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful." C.S. Lewis)
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