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From: Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com>
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Subject: Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose?
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2024 11:43:19 -0600
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On 9/1/2024 10:36 AM, Steve Hayes 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.?
>>>
>>> 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?
Born in the Midwestern portion of the USA a long time ago: My 
understanding has been both since ("time wise", not "because") I can 
remember.
-- 
Jeff Barnett