Has anyone else noticed?

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Lady Jag

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Has anyone else noticed that a lot of people are calling ships "boats" lately? Or, the stern, the "front" and the aft, "the back"? :grin Just thought it was funny. My DH still slips every once in awhile and calls a ship a "boat". It must have come from "The Love Boat" show? :? :? :?
 
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ljeanbrown

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Yes I have noticed and I cringe every time :lol we even taught our niece that is 10 years old to call it a ship!



Laurie :wave
 
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belgique

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Always wondered when a "boat" becomes a "ship"? I was told a long time ago that if there are 2 vessels next to each other, and one will fit on the larger one, the smaller one is a boat and the larger one a ship. Make any sense?

Does it then follow that if a 10 foot rowboat and a 30 foot sailboat are next to each other, the sailboat is now a ship?

Can anyone clarify this for me? (I'm blonde!)
 
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Lady Jag

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:lol :lol :lol I like that explanation! I guess the tug boat is really a "tug ship" if there's a canoe next to it? :grin I can't help cringing either, Laurie, even though I'm sure people cringe at my sentences that end with a preposition!

Seriously, good question! I have no idea!! Anyone know?
 
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BurBunny

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Lady Jag - hehe - I got a good giggle about that. We've ALL done that kind of thing before, even when we know the proper terminology :grin
 
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Lady Jag

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Chalk it up to...ummm....old age? a senior moment? too much sun?.....OR, just being a mom and thinking about 10 things at once! :grin
 
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Cruzman

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Heard one young lady while aboard the Paradise, refer to the bow as the "pointy end" and the stern as the "flat end". Lot's of other proper terminology is often slaughtered by your typical cruise passenger. It's a lift, not an elevator; it's a passageway, not a hall; it's the head, not a bathroom; and those are not stairs, it's a ladder. Anyone know what a scuttlebutt is? All you ex Navy guys keep quiet now.
 
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Lady Jag

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I always thought it was just rumor or gossip. Looked it up in the trusty old dictionary and learned it's the water jug kept on a ship that has an open end for dipping. Is that right? (I cheated.) :blush
 
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triathlete

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When my Dad was in the Navy in his younger days, he would always scold my Mom for calling a "ship" a "boat." My understanding is that a ship is anything that carries boats (eg., lifeboats).

Of course, by that standard, if you throw a deflated rubber dingy in your canoe than the canoe becomes a ship, but who knows how these things get started...

Cheers all!
 
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Lady Jag

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The first paragraph makes sense....until you get to the last paragraph! :lol :lol
 
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