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From: Ken Blake <Ken@invalid.news.com>
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Subject: Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose?
Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2024 09:59:33 -0700
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On Sun, 01 Sep 2024 18:36:10 +0200, Steve Hayes
<hayesstw@telkomsa.net> wrote:

>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.?
>>>=20
>>> 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=20
>>was known to me in early childhood (and probably every=20
>>other kid enthralled by "Cowboys and Indians".
>>
>>    When we had children I rediscovered it all over again=20
>>thanks to Mothercare. We had a baby back carrier called a=20
>>papoose.=20
>
>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?


Not exactly. I'm within the US, but not me. To me it's a  back-board
child carrier with a child in it