Frazz by Jef Mallett for December 07, 2006
December 06, 2006
December 08, 2006
Transcript:
Get this: Sailors say 'mains'l' when they mean 'mainsail'. "They say 'fo'c'sle' when they mean 'forecastle'." "You'd think if there were ever a place where you'd have time to pronounce a whole word..." "I bet being on a tea clipper in a gale moved faster than trolling for crappies with your dad."
childe_of_pan over 7 years ago
Not to mention boatswain, coxswain, or gunwales.
DKHenderson 28 days ago
They called them “croppies” when I was a kid, but maybe that was to keep us from giggling.