Q — Why 'SHOULD' the word "shanty" 'be reserved' for the single meaning you postulate. English is full of both homophones and homonyms, sometimes etymologically connected, sometimes not. Why shouldn't the 6 letters S H A N T Y, taken in combination, be subject to more than one definition, any less than, e.g., the 4 letters W E R E [or do you imagine a 'werewolf' to be an erstwhile wolf verbalised in the wrong number?]; or the 4 letters R O S E, or - or - or - [continued page 94], if that's the way the spirit of the language wishes?