Ralph, I think we would all like to hear a detailed account of how the term
"Poop Deck" came to be. Was it really a sanitary necessity on old sailing
ships or is it another Brass Monkey?????
"Ralph E. Ahseln" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Ralph,
Are you an etymologists or are you "pulling" our leg?
Dave "pulpiteer" Tierney
Dave,
Nah, Just a Trivia nut. But in tracing terms, one of the things that's fun
is to trace the root words.
One of the things I found a long time ago, and a thing we hardly ever think
about as we use words,..
Is....We are indebted to the Old English and Old Germanic cultures for many
words.
Not only Nautical but Everyday..
Here's some trivia for you.. (Even a good dictionary will give this info)
The letter "A" used before a word, is an Anglo-Saxon derivation used as a
modifier that indicates "to, on, in, at....". etc ..
example: (a)board, (a)stern, (a)beam, (a)lee..
It's fun to go through dictionary words that start with "A" to try to
identify the source.
It's amazing to see how many words that probably came from Nautical use.
Best,
Ralph
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