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Thread #125224 Message #2772088
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
23-Nov-09 - 05:00 PM
Thread Name: Shanty or Chantey?
Subject: RE: Shanty or Chantey?
"The Merchant Vessel," 1855, Nordhoff
Chaunty-man or chanty-man? Not seen.
"The Merchant Vessel"
1894 edition, a New York printing by Dodd Mead. "Chanty-man"
"Seeing the World"
No date but 1868 MS inscription by Capt. McNeil Boyd, Edinburgh printing by Nimmo.
"Chaunty-man"
"Seeing the World" no date, online, Edinburgh printing by Nimmo.
"Chaunty-man"
"Seeing the World" is a variant revision of "The Merchant Vessel."
The online edition of "The Merchant Vessel" is a late American printing, 1894.
What spelling appeared in the original 1855 edition? Was the spelling changed by various editors?? Was "chaunty-man" used in the UK editions and "chanty-man" in the American editions?