Our sources differ George - but I have it on good authoritity/forums/images/icons/smile.gif But your also right! I have that version too/forums/images/icons/wink.gif
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Hi I was very lucky to be given as a present, SAILOR'S WORD-BOOK BY ADMIRAL W. H. SMYTH. A dictionary of nautical terms, alphabetical some 14,000 Nautical terms.This is a very good read and worth cashing in those Christmas book tokens for. Info if required ISBO O-85177-694-9 Conway Maritime Press London.
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Etymology is history of words/phrases and how they came to be.......I Think. Brendan's probably got a lot more ologies than me. So I my be wrong and just made myself look like a right prat!