HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 个月前TIL that the forward part of a ship, the forecastle, is pronounced (and sometimes written as) "fo'c'sle"en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down10
arrow-up1135arrow-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 · 10 个月前message-square24fedilink
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 个月前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.
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 个月前But Bo’s’n uses one more character than Bosun? Sailing is mental.
minus-squareoptissima@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 个月前You think the sailors were passing notes mate?
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 个月前No :-) But it still doesn’t make sense for Boatswain to become Bosun to become Bo’s’n. Bos’n maybe, but the apostrophe between o and s isn’t doing anything.
minus-squareoptissima@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 个月前Now that I look at it it could’ve been used as syllable indicator, but I’d guess that Bosun and Bo’s’n were developed separately in regions with different languages where each spelling was easier for local populations
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 个月前Maybe yeah. There’s probably a good reason somewhere, I just don’t get it. All good 👍
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?
No :-)
But it still doesn’t make sense for Boatswain to become Bosun to become Bo’s’n.
Bos’n maybe, but the apostrophe between o and s isn’t doing anything.
Now that I look at it it could’ve been used as syllable indicator, but I’d guess that Bosun and Bo’s’n were developed separately in regions with different languages where each spelling was easier for local populations
Maybe yeah. There’s probably a good reason somewhere, I just don’t get it. All good 👍