KREW2
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Why do so many begin with the letter A
Athwart, Awash, Avast, Ahoy, Astern Amidships, Aloft, Aboard, Adrift. Any more?
Athwart, Awash, Avast, Ahoy, Astern Amidships, Aloft, Aboard, Adrift. Any more?
Cpurtesy of the PJ Navy: Och aye the noo see you JimmyCourtesy of the Scottish Navy.
'Away the noo the seaboats crew'.
They only say that when they find there sticky fingers wont reach to the bottom of there pocketsFor those north of Watford, Aye Up
But they would write their sticky and their pockets oops we're adrift from the thread.They only say that when they find there sticky fingers wont reach to the bottom of there pockets
Why do so many begin with the letter A
Athwart, Awash, Avast, Ahoy, Astern Amidships, Aloft, Aboard, Adrift. Any more?
I know one that does said to rule the Navy as wellNone of the terms you've quoted begins with "A".
On occasions we used to pass the time by opening a dictionary at random to see who could find a page with no nautical references, which was unusual. They were exciting times.Many terms derive from the Arabic using 'al' (the) e.g. azimuth, admiral ('amir al bahr'), and there are also a number of words formed using the aleph privative (where a denotes 'absence of'. The MHG 'a' , meaning 'engaged in' or 'associated with' is found in e.g. abeam, ashore, aground.
The world's languages are rich in maritime etymology.
None of the terms you've quoted begins with "A".