HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoTIL that the forward part of a ship, the forecastle, is pronounced (and sometimes written as) "fo'c'sle"en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down10
arrow-up1134arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square24linkfedilink
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·edit-26 months agoLots of naval terms aren’t pronounced the way you would think, e.g. boatswain and gunwale pronounced differently than they are spelled. Boatswain sounds like bow-son Gunwale sounds like gun-ull
Lots of naval terms aren’t pronounced the way you would think, e.g. boatswain and gunwale pronounced differently than they are spelled.
Boatswain sounds like bow-son
Gunwale sounds like gun-ull