Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Steve Hayes Newsgroups: sci.lang,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose? Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2024 18:36:10 +0200 Organization: Khanya Publications Lines: 26 Message-ID: <0t59dj589ukk3a8tlb4hemi1e8hsqneb5d@4ax.com> References: <87a5gsplpx.fsf@parhasard.net> Reply-To: hayesstw@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2024 18:35:29 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="69216591f3eefccfbc951badb65579d4"; logging-data="1646735"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/wYsnaKth/Xs2sUZi62k+Zm84OvptF/H8=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:5F/skqTI0K2YpzufQ92isJoUm0o= X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 2.0/32.652 Bytes: 2090 On Sat, 31 Aug 2024 22:17:55 +0100, Janet wrote: >> Cradle boards and other child carriers used by Native Americans are known by >> various names. In Algonquin history, the term papoose is sometimes used to >> refer to a child carrier.? >> >> Given I am 43 and fairly well-read I can assert that it has basically no >> currency outside the US. > > The native-American "papoose" back-board child carrier >was known to me in early childhood (and probably every >other kid enthralled by "Cowboys and Indians". > > When we had children I rediscovered it all over again >thanks to Mothercare. We had a baby back carrier called a >papoose. So it seems that people within the US understand "papoose" as referring to a child, and outside the US it refers to a child holder? -- Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk