Snus

[Tom Larsen]

Yes.  I don't know for sure what the reliability of this site is: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/snus 
  , but they claim that the word snus comes from Swedish.  I remember  
my father, who was Norwegian-American (both of his parents emmigrated  
from Norway), used the word snus (in English) for snuff that you stick  
under your lip.  I'm not sure that he ever used the stuff himself, but  
he certainly knew about it.  And I can assure you that my father knew  
absolutely nothing about Chinuk Wawa, or any other Native American  
language for that matter.

Tom


On Jun 28, 2009, at 3:08 PM, Tina Wynecoop wrote:

> I knew immediately what  the subject matter was.  My grandfather  
> came to the USA from Norway when he was 17 in the late 1800's. He  
> settled in Kitsap County, WA (Poulsbo). He always had a tin of  
> Copenhagen tucked inside his shirt, right below the heart -  never  
> in a pocket, and he would let us thump it if we were good.
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> He used to spit his snus or snoose, in my mom's commode and not  
> flush it, and it drove her crazy.
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> Otherwise, what a good man, this Hans Martin Granmo.
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> Tina
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> "...she was born into the poem that God made, and called the world."
>                                                                                                      Mary 
>  Oliver ` Thirst
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> > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:14:37 -0400
> > From: ddr11 at UVIC.CA
> > Subject: Snus
> > To: CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
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> > One of the words for "tobacco" that we've discussed here in the  
> past 11 (!!)
> > years is "snoose". So I was amused in an I-just-received-a-secret- 
> message
> > way, when I saw advertisements at the 7-11 store for Camel's  
> latest product
> > "Snus". Smokeless, spitless tobacco.
> >
> > No relation to the CJ word k'aynuL. :)
> >
> > --Dave
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