On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 10:04:08 -0400 (EDT), John Cowan wrote: > > True. But lo! you have inadvertently misspelled it! It isn't fo'c'sle > > -- it's fo'c's'le! (New Oxford, 2001). It's pronounced ['fouksel]. > > What an absurd spelling.
Not at all. It's an abbreviated form of forecastle, with apostrophes wherever letters are missed out. John. -- -- Over 1700 webcams from ski resorts around the world - http://www.snoweye.com/ -- Translate your technical documents and web pages - http://www.tradoc.fr/
