CruisinChris Posted April 15, 2008 #26 Share Posted April 15, 2008 watch out or they'll make you disembark via the GANGPLANK!! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smoosh21 Posted April 15, 2008 #27 Share Posted April 15, 2008 watch out or they'll make you disembark via the GANGPLANK!! ;) But it is still a gangplank if only one person uses it? How many people have to get together before they constitute a gang? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morriscats Posted April 15, 2008 #28 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Cabin, stateroom, room? Boat, ship? Does not matter to me what you call it as long as I can eat in that dinning room and have stewart make my bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise34 Posted April 15, 2008 #29 Share Posted April 15, 2008 I would go with "stateroom" and "ship" (not boat) when cruising. One way to determine a boat from a ship is that you can fit a boat on a ship, but cant fit a ship on a boat!!!! Or so I was told...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvaud Posted April 15, 2008 #30 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Cabin, stateroom, room? Boat, ship? Does not matter to me what you call it as long as I can eat in that dinning room and have stewart make my bed. By "stewart" I assume you are referring to someone in Martha's family?;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvaud Posted April 15, 2008 #31 Share Posted April 15, 2008 I've read many a post here where people talk about their rooms, ask for help selecting a room, etc, etc, and have always answered where my experience allowed. However, I always thought that if a sleeping accommodation was on a ship it was referred to as a cabin or stateroom, not a room like in a land-based hotel. Before you all flame me I'm not trying to correct or pick on anyone, I'm just trying to learn something I've been curious about in reading the boards :) Which is the proper reference...room, stateroom, or cabin? Thanks! :) I still use "cabin," but can't seem to grasp using "Passenger Services Desk." It was always the "Purser's Desk" and always will be to me. Oh, and I walk down the "passageway" to get there.;) I guess you can tell who has been cruising a long time...:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Charlie Posted April 15, 2008 #32 Share Posted April 15, 2008 By "stewart" I assume you are referring to someone in Martha's family?;) Oh, please tell me her family hasn't infiltrated the cruise ships as well as my TV screen.:eek: Dianne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf5585 Posted April 15, 2008 #33 Share Posted April 15, 2008 I It was always the "Purser's Desk" and always will be to me. A ship's purser (also purser or pusser[1]) is the person on a ship responsible for the handling of money on board from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf5585 Posted April 15, 2008 #34 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Since we are discussing terms Remember when it was "Personel Office" then "Human Resourses". I wonder what it is called on the "StarCruiseShip Enterprise" with those Alien life forms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvaud Posted April 16, 2008 #35 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Since we are discussing termsRemember when it was "Personel Office" then "Human Resourses". I wonder what it is called on the "StarCruiseShip Enterprise" with those Alien life forms. Alien Resources...? Life Form Office???:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise4kicks Posted April 16, 2008 #36 Share Posted April 16, 2008 Since we are discussing termsRemember when it was "Personel Office" then "Human Resourses". I wonder what it is called on the "StarCruiseShip Enterprise" with those Alien life forms. All of that sort of thing is handled at Starfleet Command. ;) :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted April 16, 2008 #37 Share Posted April 16, 2008 All of that sort of thing is handled at Starfleet Command. ;) :D Which is located in Santa Clarita. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crown Prince Posted April 16, 2008 #38 Share Posted April 16, 2008 What's the difference between a boat and a ship? from http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_256.html My Coast Guard class taught me that a ship is > 56 feet in length. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hel0013 Posted April 16, 2008 #39 Share Posted April 16, 2008 My pet peeve is when somebody calls soda "pop". Oh wait. What was the question again? ;) 30 million Canadians have peeved you off then... We call it "pop" :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Charlie Posted April 16, 2008 #40 Share Posted April 16, 2008 My Coast Guard class taught me that a ship is > 56 feet in length. ;)I've always heard of submarines being called boats. PT boats are generally in the75-85 ft range. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custompcsys Posted April 16, 2008 Author #41 Share Posted April 16, 2008 [quote name='BeckyThane']All of that sort of thing is handled at Starfleet Command. ;) :D[/quote] Will they issue us phasers so that we can stun chair hogs? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabby Posted April 16, 2008 #42 Share Posted April 16, 2008 [quote name='custompcsys']Will they issue us phasers so that we can stun chair hogs? :D[/quote] Make sure those phasers are set to stun, not kill. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf5585 Posted April 16, 2008 #43 Share Posted April 16, 2008 [quote name='nabby']Make sure those phasers are set to stun, not kill. ;)[/QUOTE] Has anyone heard them say "Set the phasers to kill"? Phasers are the most common and standard weapon in the arsenal of Starfleet and several other powers. from [url]http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Phaser[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise4kicks Posted April 16, 2008 #44 Share Posted April 16, 2008 [quote name='custompcsys']Will they issue us phasers so that we can stun chair hogs? :D[/quote] Would that! <ROFL> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisin' Chick Posted April 16, 2008 #45 Share Posted April 16, 2008 The soda, pop thing reminds me of when I was growing up. We would call the comic page the "funnies." I can't remember what my father called them. He grew up in Chicago and would refer to carbonated drinks as pop. I guess it's a regional thing. When I first started reading this thread, I was waiting for someone to bring up "stewart" and Martha Stewart. It does drive me crazy when someone writes "dinning room." Even my ten year old knows how to spell dining room. People also seem to misuse "its" and "it's," "lose" and "loose," and "chose" and "choose." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongerob Posted April 16, 2008 #46 Share Posted April 16, 2008 "Could of" instead of "could have'. Drives me batty. I'm surprised no one with a military background has reminded people that the correct definition for the place you sleep is, "your space." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf5585 Posted April 17, 2008 #47 Share Posted April 17, 2008 [QUOTE=spongerob;14284008I'm surprised no one with a military background has reminded people that the correct definition for the place you sleep is, "your space."[/QUOTE] Why is the bathroom called the head? from [url]http://www.ancientsites.com/aw/Post/605441[/url] And don't even bring up the "Poop Deck" Okay, let's all get it out of our systems right now. The poop deck of a sailing ship has absolutely no connection with a certain bodily function from [url]http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-poop-deck.htm[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psee Posted April 17, 2008 #48 Share Posted April 17, 2008 Might as well throw in STARBOARD for a laugh... :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michele Noel Posted April 17, 2008 #49 Share Posted April 17, 2008 My DH and I, he is from the midwest, hecalled it pop, I called it soda-we compromised, it's called soda-pop. With all of the text messaging going on , there will be no spelling in the next generation. The period in grammar is now called a dot. This must be how language changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djhsolara Posted April 17, 2008 #50 Share Posted April 17, 2008 I'm not sure about where it is anywhere else in the country, but from my experience I think the "Pop Line" goes straight down somewhere through the middle of Pennsylvania (I would estimate somewhere around Altoona or Johnstown). I'm in South Central PA and it is soda here and everywhere else east of here, but I know in Pittsburgh it is pop...so that line is somewhere between here and there. :D Isn't it funny how we have so many regional dialects? I still, however, refuse to use all of the texting abbreviations...I refuse to lose my whole words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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