Talk:Cant (language)

message: Should this be merged with Cryptolect, or vice versa? --Jim Henry | Talk 15:38, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: done. ntennis 01:12, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge? 

message: I'm removing the claim that Etruscan has been hypothesized to be a cryptolect of Latin until someone can provide a reputable, published source for it. --Angr/ 22:05, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: A simple google search revealed this link. Surely the fact that Etruscan has been considered a cryptolect (rightly or wrongly) is reason enough for its inclusion on this page? ntennis 03:02, 28 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etruscan 

message: I've removed leet from the list, and I don't want it here until it is shown (with reliable sources) that it is indeed used primarily "to bypass automatic text parsers". EldKatt (Talk) 16:30, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Why the requirements for leet to have reliable sources or a showing that it is used "to bypass automatic text parsers" when there are no proper citations for other entries in this article to reliable sources?  This may be besides the point, in my experience leet was primarily formed on BBS systems long before text parsing was used to censor content.  Later developments in leet did emerge from the need to bypass filters, primarily via AOL chat rooms, but that was after the leet cant was well formed.  At present it's a little hard to call it a Cant as the use of leet is so widespread it hardly classifies as a secret language.  DanRP (talk) 16:35, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: As of 2008-08-31, Leet is up again; I am going to remove it. --Politizer (talk) 23:02, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Leet]] 

message: Could someone more learned than me explain th origin of the word cant itself. I have a few theories myself-
* From the Irish caint meaning to talk
* From chant
* Or from cant meaning an oblique angle (had to look at my dictionary for that one)
I would say the Irish origin is most likely as shelta supposedly has a similar origin but I'm biased! Afn 12:05, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Dictionary.com indicates that it is indeed related to (though not derived from) chant. EldKatt (Talk) 16:23, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

text: While the common noun cant in the sense of "jargon" is certainly ultimately from Latin cantāre "sing", I wouldn't be in the least surprised if the Irish word caint had something to do with Shelta being called "the Cant". I doubt oblique angles have anything to do with it. Angr (talk • contribs) 16:09, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

text: The Concise Oxford Dictionary has it as cantāre as well. Also, the dic states that it was used 'contemptuously' as  early as the 12th century to singing in church services. As for the Irish or Gallic connection: I think it unlikely that in the 16 th century  (when it was used  to refer to slang)  that a gentleman in polite company would use a word with a vulgar (common) root  when a word derived from Latin was already in use with a close essence of of little worth, thus reflecting that he was a man of education and capable of discerning judgments. The vocabulary of the low orders would have been unfamiliar to them--Aspro 11:45, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

text: As a compromise, I have tagged with  each of the possible origins listed; we are lacking sources not just for or against the Irish origin, but sources for and against all of the origins suggested in the article. —Politizer( talk • contribs ) 21:59, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of the word 

message: Would you consider Cockney rhyming slang to be a Cant language? If so, I'll add the 'Cant language' category to that article.--Aspro 15:33, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: With respect: I don't think you have read the article properly. Now that I have, it is easily a cant, and looking it up else where (like  Wiktionary: Cockney rhyming slang) it is also classed as a cant there too. So I 'll be adding it soon.--Aspro 13:52, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cockney rhyming slang 

message: Do we think Carny is a cant? It seems to be a US English fairground speak - which is also used in professional wrestling (!) Secretlondon 01:39, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Carny]]

message: Looking at the present list of  examples, it is, (as is so much of academic discourse), noticeably eurocentric, i.e. few examples from outside Europe. This creates what is probably a distorted impression: one might think it is primarily a European phenomenon, which I am sure it isn't. Anyone got any more non-European  examples?
Northtowner (talk) 18:03, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: My guess it's a question of a) participation on the English Wikipedia and b) research. Even European cants are poorly researched, just imagine what the situation must be like elsewhere. Akerbeltz (talk) 22:13, 11 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eurocentric Examples List 

message: I would suggest merging the following articles:
* Cant (language)
* Argot
* Anti-language
They all appear to refer to the same thing: secret, coded languages.  The even share some of the same examples.  Cryptolect (currently a redirect) is the most general and technical term, so I think it would probably be the best choice for the title of the final article, post-merger. - AdamBMorgan (talk) 11:38, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Support both extant merge proposals (that for Argot and Anti-language). The terms are sufficiently similar in meaning that the concepts are best described in one place; the distincy etymologies of nuances of meaning can also be discussed here too. Note that, as described at WP:NOTADICTIONARY, Wikipedia has pages for concepts, not separate pages for each word used to describe that concept. Klbrain (talk) 22:05, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

text: Support merge proposals, I think (and certainly Argot/Cant). Currently, there is considerable overlap, and I think a merger would be less confusing for users. 86.186.120.235 (talk) 15:38, 30 March 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Done for Argot. Klbrain (talk) 05:34, 26 April 2019 (UTC)

text: Done for Anti-language. Klbrain (talk) 21:51, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge to Cryptolect