XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: Ken@invalid.news.com   
      
   On Sun, 01 Sep 2024 18:36:10 +0200, Steve Hayes   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Sat, 31 Aug 2024 22:17:55 +0100, Janet  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?   
      
      
   Not exactly. I'm within the US, but not me. To me it's a  back-board   
   child carrier with a child in it   
      
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