shawoman

[Barbara Need]

Nah, shaperchild!

Barbara

On 6 Dec 2009, at 10:21 PM, Herb Stahlke wrote:

> or shawperdaughter?
>
> On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 9:55 PM, George Thompson <george.thompson at nyu.edu
> > wrote:
>>
>> how about shaperson?
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
>>
>>> You could have guessed, right?
>>>
>>> 2003 Serge C. Lee and Francis K. O. Yuen, in F. K. O. Yuen
>>> _International
>>> Perspectives on Disability Services_ (Routledge, 2004) 129: In
>>> regard
>>> to
>>> Hmong shamanism, 51.3% (n=39) said they still somewhat respect [a]
>>> Hmong
>>> shaman/shawoman.
>>>
>>> About 10,000 RGs for "shawoman," as one might expect.
>>>
>>> As one might not expect, fewer than 5 for "shawomanism."

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