Snus

[Tina Wynecoop]

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.


He used to spit his snus or snoose, in my mom's commode and not flush it, and it drove her crazy.  

 

Otherwise, what a good man, this Hans Martin Granmo.


Tina



 
 
 
 
"...she was born into the poem that God made, and called the world."  
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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
> 
> 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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