HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoTIL that the forward part of a ship, the forecastle, is pronounced (and sometimes written as) "fo'c'sle"en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down10
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the forward part of a ship, the forecastle, is pronounced (and sometimes written as) "fo'c'sle"en.wikipedia.orgHylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoYou would be amazed how many short forms are used in sailing, sometimes crippled to letter salad with apostrophes. Fo’c’sle is not alone, by far.
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoBut Bo’s’n uses one more character than Bosun? Sailing is mental.
minus-squareoptissima@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 minutes agoYou think the sailors were passing notes mate?
You would be amazed how many short forms are used in sailing, sometimes crippled to letter salad with apostrophes. Fo’c’sle is not alone, by far.
Boatswain -> Bosun -> Bo’s’n
But Bo’s’n uses one more character than Bosun?
Sailing is mental.
You think the sailors were passing notes mate?