escape goat

[Joel S. Berson]

At 11/5/2012 08:37 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>On Nov 5, 2012, at 6:33 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> does
> >
> >
> > Dialect clash: "nannies" and not "does."
> >
> > AFAIK, there is no connection whatsoever between this "nanny" and the
> > word for rich people's baby-sitters.
>
>Actually, the OED tracks both kinds of nannies (and "nan", and
>"nanny" used in many families for a grandmother) to the same source,
>nicknames of "Ann(e)" and "Agnes".

Agnes Dei?  Oh, that's not goat.

Joel


>LH
> >
> > A hide-and-(go-)seek call:
> >
> > One for the money!
> > Two fie to show!
> > All that ain't hid
> > Holler
> > Nanny-billy goat!
> >
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