Re: Word of the day: “Papoose”

Aidan Kehoe wrote:

 > [...] I have confirmed that two of my sprogs, now wrapping up their
 > thirties, are not familiar with "papoose". For another thread, note that
 > they are also not familiar with "a month of Sundays".
 
I suppose from your absence of clarification of where you are, that you’re in
the US? Though “sprog” is used more this side of the Atlantic.

While Paul Juhl lived, he began writing in dk.kultur.sprog (sprog=
language), and in one of his first messages he wrote a little joke about
"sprog". He had to explain the word which I didn't know then. He learned
british English in school, but I doubt that he knew "sprog" then. He
spent his adult life (14+) in Canada.

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Bertel
Kolt, Denmark