Snus

[Troy E Bouchard]

My grandfather (Cowlitz Indian).  Always called his Coppenhagen "snoose"

Troy E Bouchard

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From: hzenk at PDX.EDU
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 3:53 PM
To: CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
Subject: Re: Snus 

I don't really know anything about it, except that I remember being  
told or hearing that the term "snoose" is of Scandinavian origin.

Quoting Anthony Grant :

> Anything to do with German Schnupftabak 'snuff', or British English   
> prison  slang 'snout' (tobacco, latterly also certain drugs)?
>
>>>> Dave Robertson  28/06/2009 20:14 >>>
> 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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