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From: Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net>
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Subject: Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose?
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2024 18:36:10 +0200
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On Sat, 31 Aug 2024 22:17:55 +0100, Janet <nobody@home.com> 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?


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