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