XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   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?   
      
      
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