XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: jbb@notatt.com   
      
   On 9/1/2024 10:36 AM, 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?   
   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   
      
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