AngryCommieKender comments on I wonder what they thought of furbies

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

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.

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[–] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago

Do tell!

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[–] StraySojourner@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Idk if that's like a weird spelling from another country, but I've always read it as Shanty.

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[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

There's a number of spellings, since it's a word from a time before standardised English. At least, that's what I think.

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