Mudcat Café message #3547733

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Thread #72420 Message #3547733
Posted By: Lighter
10-Aug-13 - 08:26 PM
Thread Name: Origins/ADD: Can't You Dance the Polka?
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Can't You Dance the Polka? (from S Slade)

> So my theory....dun dun dun!.... is that "Santy" came from the two-syllable "Cynthia".

Very plausible, esp. if "Cynthia" was pronounced "Cinthy/ Cinty/ Cindy," as the other dialect spellings seem to suggest.

And the next step (not universal) would have been "Santy...Annie" - via "Santa Anna."