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0 pointscafard4y ago0 comments

One of my father's college classmates was in Navy ROTC, and deliberately pronounce "boatswain" and "gunwale" as spelled, in order to bug the regular petty officer.

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JackFr4y ago

Also forcastle -> foc's'le

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0 pointscafard4y ago0 comments

One of my father's college classmates was in Navy ROTC, and deliberately pronounce "boatswain" and "gunwale" as spelled, in order to bug the regular petty officer.

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JackFr4y ago

Also forcastle -> foc's'le

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse