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sail7seas

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How can you be "in" a ship if you are out "on" deck?

 

However you can be "in" your stateroom "on" the ship!!

 

Look at it this way, if you are inside you are "in" if you are outside you are "on" ----- in any event I am looking forward to being "in/on" the Volendam later this year. Oh, by the way, will I be "in" the Panama Canal or will I be "on" it???

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PRINSENDAM

PRINSENDAM

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STAND AND SURRENDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

OK, this is one of my pet peeves. :)

 

There is a correct way of course but because the wrong word has been used to many times it gets to feel 'right' if you know what I mean.

 

The best I can offer is the way the word is used in the Royal Navy. After all, they are more likely to be right than anyone else!

 

The correct way is to say that you sailed IN a ship... not ON.

 

As Paul Noble pointed out... God bless all who sail IN her.

 

You can come 'aboard' not 'on board'.

 

You can say, "I met Mr John Doe ON BOARD the XXXX when I was sailing IN that ship."

 

Example... in the RN one would never say, "I served on HMS Excellent." They would say, "I served IN HMS Excellent."

 

But for what we are talking about.... IN is the word.

 

 

Helpful? Probably not!

 

The one that I really hate is when newspapers say, " ..... the ROTTERDAM cruiseship." or "... the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruiseship."

 

It should be "... the cruiseship ROTTERDAM." or "... the liner Queen Elizabeth 2."

 

Stephen

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Copper10-8 "Live from...." Rare

Copper10-8

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John,

 

You own a 'sloop' ? A real live 'blow boat'?!!!!!!!!! Is she made from wood or one of those 'plastic trees'?

 

Are you a 'yachti' or a 'wafi' ?:D

 

Stephen

 

Naw, it's just an old Beach Boys surfer dude song I happen to like, Stephen;) Never owned a boat in my life and doubt I ever will. :)

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ekerr19

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John,

 

We may not own one but we have sure helped HAL to pay for theirs !!! ;)

 

Stephen

 

Gee - I am glad to see someone else thinks the same way...

 

Stephen, I was going to post earlier - a USMC perspective of "on vs. in" as the USMC jargon relates to the RN, but I thought I'd just leave that to DH as he is much better at explaining it that I could possibly hope to be...

 

Hope to see you "on"board the Noordam IV - we gearing up... :)

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babyher

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LOL!! My car is my "baby" and I do "babyher" lol!!!

 

babyher: you're the best! :D

 

Thank you:) You're pretty terrific too :)

 

I have always said things like that

 

"Shes a beauty "

 

"What does she have under the hood ?"

 

"How fast can she go?"

 

"Lets take her out and she what she can do"

 

And I have been known to speak about cars that way too *LOL*

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herb

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I have always said things like that

 

"Shes a beauty "

 

"What does she have under the hood ?"

 

"How fast can she go?"

 

"Lets take her out and she what she can do"

 

And I have been known to speak about cars that way too *LOL*

 

:D

 

babyher:

Wanted to say thanks for the nice comments you posted about me in a previous thread. That was very kind of you :)

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babyher

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:D

 

babyher:

Wanted to say thanks for the nice comments you posted about me in a previous thread. That was very kind of you :)

 

 

Herb,

 

You are very welcome :)

 

It just bothered me to see such a nice person almost ready to cancel a cruise you were looking so forward to because of a few snide remarks.

 

I hope you and your DW have a wonderful cruise. :)

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kakalina

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This thread is a riot! Thanks for keeping my humor meter in the red. By the way the reason mechanical doohickeys especially ships are referred to as her is because they are sleek, elegant and beautiful. . Among other things.

 

Trisha

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bepsf

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STAND AND SURRENDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

OK, this is one of my pet peeves. :)

 

There is a correct way of course but because the wrong word has been used to many times it gets to feel 'right' if you know what I mean.

 

The best I can offer is the way the word is used in the Royal Navy. After all, they are more likely to be right than anyone else!

 

The correct way is to say that you sailed IN a ship... not ON.

 

As Paul Noble pointed out... God bless all who sail IN her.

 

You can come 'aboard' not 'on board'.

 

You can say, "I met Mr John Doe ON BOARD the XXXX when I was sailing IN that ship."

 

Example... in the RN one would never say, "I served on HMS Excellent." They would say, "I served IN HMS Excellent."

 

But for what we are talking about.... IN is the word.

 

 

Helpful? Probably not!

 

The one that I really hate is when newspapers say, " ..... the ROTTERDAM cruiseship." or "... the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruiseship."

 

It should be "... the cruiseship ROTTERDAM." or "... the liner Queen Elizabeth 2."

 

Stephen

 

That clears things up

:rolleyes: :)

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