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To: Conservobabe

Has anyone ever heard the Travelers talk in "cant", their secret language?

12 posted on 09/21/2002 9:06:53 PM PDT by Conservababe

To: Conservobabe

Has anyone ever heard the Travelers talk in "cant", their secret language?

The Irish Travelers speak Shelta.

36 posted on 09/21/2002 9:55:21 PM PDT by Consort

To: Conservababe

Has anyone ever heard the Travelers talk in "cant", their secret language?

No, but I've heard quite a bit of it on C-SPAN when covering Congress, and also from Obama and his spokesmen.

101 posted on 11/14/2009 2:48:08 PM PST by tarheelswamprat

To: Conservababe

“Cant” is just a heavily slanged form of Gaeilge I’ve heard.

107 posted on 11/14/2009 5:05:14 PM PST by chris_bdba

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