BULLOCKS - euph/typo/LA pron.?

Peter A. McGraw pmcgraw at LINFIELD.EDU
Tue May 3 17:28:24 UTC 2005


--On Tuesday, May 3, 2005 1:03 PM -0400 Laurence Horn
<laurence.horn at YALE.EDU> wrote:

> Plus, isn't "papekak" soft dung/excrement rather than the dried-up
> variety?  Any Dutch speakers on the list?

Yes, but I haven't run across that word and it isn't in my Wolters
Dutch-English dictionary.  It's possible, since "pap" means 'porridge' or
'pap' and "kak" means 'shit', though "papkak" seems more likely.  If I can
remember, I'll look in my big Wolters at home.

Peter Mc.

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