> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:48:43 -0700
> From: AcadonBot <acadon@...>
> From: "Lars Henrik Mathiesen" <thorinn@...>
> > of Copenhagen. (Pickaninny is a _US_ 'slave' word.)
>
> From Portuguese pidgin, meaning "little," as Spanish pequen~o.
It would none the less be a remarkable coincidence if the Portuguese
word (are you sure about that spelling?) got extended with the _same_
syllable-and-a-half in West Africa and/or the US South and in New
Guinea.
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)