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>the women knit large woolen sweaters called “ganzeys,” Now that's fascinating. 'Ganzey' is a perfect phonetic pronunciation of the Irish word for sweater whic
by Peroni 11y ago
>the women knit large woolen sweaters called “ganzeys,”
Now that's fascinating. 'Ganzey' is a perfect phonetic pronunciation of the Irish word for sweater which is 'geansaí'.
- seszett 11y agoThat's just a an evolution of the pronunciation of "Guernsey"[0]. I'm not sure how they say it but it doesn't sound very far from the original to me (and the Irish doesn't seem very different either). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernsey_(clothing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernsey_(clothing)
- Peroni 11y agoAh, TIL. I had no idea. Thanks for that.