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Decent @snopes treatment of "shanty" vs. "chanty"/"chantey" by @davidpmikkelson. But the Google Ngrams graph with spelling variants is misleading, since the frequency of "shanty" is significantly boos
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In this weekend's @WSJ Review section: "hella" is a slang intensifier with roots in the East Bay (especially Oakland) going back for decades. Thread to follow, with more research findings!
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RIP, Toots Hibbert, originator of the term "reggae." The Maytals' 1968 song "Do the Reggay" is credited in the @OED with the first known use, originally referring to a kind
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