Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jerry.friedman99@gmail.com (jerryfriedman) Newsgroups: sci.lang,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: Word of the day: =?UTF-8?B?P1BhcG9vc2U/?= Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 15:30:18 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: <500502ad9d31386dc8bb58acc7ccfa00@www.novabbs.com> References: <87a5gsplpx.fsf@parhasard.net> <0t59dj589ukk3a8tlb4hemi1e8hsqneb5d@4ax.com> <1laadj5da4ku1u9j188jg2n70qpvi7pfak@4ax.com> <5ijbdjlevtkmuof2c3hmn4acfqtag0osl6@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="609191"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="od9foDe1d3X505QGpqKrbB1j6F4qQM01CuXm1pRmyXk"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Posting-User: 3f4f6af5131500dbc63b269e6ae36b2af088a074 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$m2/gAuraHQ0exx.DnlYRduF7N2dM2H4IjmYQ10oaxd2c8XdaPzEnC Bytes: 2071 Lines: 20 On Mon, 2 Sep 2024 14:52:42 +0000, Tony Cooper wrote: ... > Also, I think the main point in this discussion is about whether > "papoose" describes the infant, describes the material used to contain > the infant, or describes an infant in the material. (Inclusive "or".) > At some time during the day, the infant could be removed from the > carrier. To be nursed or fed, for example. Is it still called a > "papoose" during that time? When I learned the word, I was told "Indian" men were called braves, women were called squaws, and children were called papooses. (Of course those meanings have pretty much disappeared.). Carriers had nothing to do with it, and I don't think I'd ever heard the "carrier" meaning till this thread. However, I haven't talked much with people about infant carriers.