ety. of "shanty"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Thanks, Wilson. Your comment led me to an article by A. J. Bliss (of Dublin)
in Notes & Queries, Aug., 1968, pp. 283-286, which shows that the idea has
no phonological, grammatical, or semantic basis. The accepted etymon is
French-Canadian "chantier."

Larry, I checked the archives earlier and could find no ref. to the late
Prof. Cassidy and "shanty."

I was stunned.

JL

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Jonathan Lighter
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> > the grammar of "seann taigh" may be impossible.
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> The grammar of "seann taigh" *is* impossible. OTOH, the true Irish
> word is _seanteach_ approx. ['SAnt,IK] wherein A = aesc and comma
> signifies palatalization fronting /@/ to [I]. I leave the solution as
> an exercise for the reader.
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> Further deponent sayeth not.
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