escape goat

[Laurence Horn]

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:
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>> does
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> 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".

LH
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> 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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