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THE NEW YORK SUN, May 23,1941 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

"Sir: In your issue of May 17 there was a letter in which it was admitted

that the word 'pooch' as applied to a dog could not be traced to a

legitimate origin. Several days ago I alluded to the dog of a retired

British Army officer as a 'pooch.' He was astonished and asked if I'd ever

been to India.

'Pooch,' he said, 'is Hindustani for dog. I'm astonished to hear it here!'

I told him that I got it out of the 'funnies,' where it was used by the

late T.A. Dorgan, unless I am mistaken." V.E. Scott.

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