Issue 1529: Suggested alternate spelling of "Scallywag"

Object: The Scallywag (Dance)
Submitter: Jonathan Lovelace (kingjon3377)
Assigned to: Viktor Lehmann
Priority: Normal
Disposition: Fixed
Description: If I had heard the name “Scallywag”, instead of seeing it in the list of dances in Book 52, I would have searched for “Scalawag”; until today, I was unaware that in British usage “scallywag” is a correct spelling. So I suggest that an “also known as” entry be added for the American spelling.

Previous Actions

Date Oct. 12, 2018, 1:01 a.m.
User Jonathan Lovelace (kingjon3377)

New issue submitted

Date Dec. 13, 2022, 12:34 a.m.
User Viktor Lehmann (tone2tone)

Assigned changed to »tone2tone« (previously »None«)
Disposition changed to »Needs help« (previously »New«)

Hey Jonathan, as it seems, these two terms (that sound similar, I agree) do not just differ in spelling, they seem to have different meanings in British and American English. Hence I am hesitant to add “scalawag” as a spelling variation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalawag

Date Dec. 13, 2022, 3:56 p.m.
User Murrough Landon (murrough)

I believe the deviser, although based in California for a long time, was originally British and likely to use that spelling and meaning intentionally.

Date Dec. 13, 2022, 6:10 p.m.
User Viktor Lehmann (tone2tone)

Disposition changed to »Fixed« (previously »Needs help«)

I will not add an alias then as it would mislead… Closing the issue now.