In article ONkke.22031$gp.68@fed1read03, "AAvK"
wrote:

pps lest this be TOTALLY off topic, how DO you pronounce "padauk?"

pad-oak, or if spelled paduak... pad-oooo-(w)Ak

as in:

It's a nick-knack, Padooack
give the frog a loan.

Padooack, padooack
baker's man