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From: Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net>
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Subject: Re: Word of the day: ?Papoose?
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 12:33:02 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 01 Sep 2024 15:39:20 -0400, Tony Cooper wrote:

>>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?
> 
> 
> Please...write "some people".
> 
> If I see an (American) Indian with a baby in a carrier strapped to her
> back, I would describe that as a woman with a papoose.
> 
> However, if she removes the baby from the carrier and puts the baby on a
> blanket on the ground, I would not say the baby is a "papoose".
> 
> You seem to want "people" in the US to all view things the same.

The OP said (I think quoting a dictionary or some such source) that in AmE 
"papoose" meant a child, but everyone from outside the US whose comments 
I have seen seems to think it means a child holder. 

Perhaps the OP could clarify. 







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