Monday, December 9, 2013

shanty, chanty

Shanty or shanty means a shack or hut--
They lived in a shanty made of old wooden packing crates.
The storm blew their poor shanty to splinters.

Chanty or chanty ( rhymes with shanty, sometimes spelled chantey ) means a song sung while working, usually by sailors or seamen--
The sailors sang a chanty while they worked, to the beat of their movements.
Where did the children learn the words to that old sea chanty?

Now that you know that, you can say--
"The old man who lives in that shanty may sing you an old chanty, if you bring him a bottle of rum."

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