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Thread #125224 Message #2772710
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
24-Nov-09 - 12:41 PM
Thread Name: Shanty or Chantey?
Subject: RE: Shanty or Chantey?
Sorry Gibb- I googled the book and the 1895 edition came up. The 1856 has chanty instead of chaunty in the first citation, so that seems to have been Nordhoff's first choice.