I thought poopdeck came from steamships if I am correct it is the aft deck where the wealthy passengers would walk their dog's. But I might be wrong.
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:01:38 -0800From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Re: catalina27-talk: Just a quick hiTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED], 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: ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 7:28 PM Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Just a quick hi 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 **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) Change your thinking, change your life. We are guided, we are guarded, we are healed, we are blessed..... _________________________________________________________________ Put your friends on the big screen with Windows Vista® + Windows Live™. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/shop/specialoffers.mspx?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_CPC_MediaCtr_bigscreen_102007
