Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoI wonder what they thought of furbieslemmy.worldimagemessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up11.65Karrow-down115
arrow-up11.63Karrow-down1imageI wonder what they thought of furbieslemmy.worldManifish_Destiny@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoThere’s literally a Sea Chanty from the 1600s about this. “Three White Gulls Were Flying” It was a Crow’s Nest Chanty. Not a rowing or pull and haul Chanty.
minus-squareStraySojourner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIdk if that’s like a weird spelling from another country, but I’ve always read it as Shanty.
minus-squarefeedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThere’s a number of spellings, since it’s a word from a time before standardised English. At least, that’s what I think.
There’s literally a Sea Chanty from the 1600s about this. “Three White Gulls Were Flying”
It was a Crow’s Nest Chanty. Not a rowing or pull and haul Chanty.
Do tell!
Idk if that’s like a weird spelling from another country, but I’ve always read it as Shanty.
There’s a number of spellings, since it’s a word from a time before standardised English. At least, that’s what I think.