Monday, June 11, 2012
Parents, be prepared to hear some saltier language from your children once they get back to the U.S. Others readers out there, you can never be over-prepared for the “National Talk like a Sailor Day.” Today and tomorrow, I will show you new words I learned in the past month and explain them in plain English. They all suddenly make sense if you read it quickly.
mariner = sailor
reveille = wake alarm
rack = bed
berth = bedroom
head = bathroom
bulkhead = wall
deck = floor
floor = flooring
rail = railing
ladder = stairs
ladder well = stairwell
hold = a cargo compartment, numbered 1-hold, 2-hold, etc.
hatch = opening in a deck to a hold below
manhole = opening to a tank below
porthole = round window on the ship’s side
door = door that is not a hatch, or a manhole, or a porthole cover, or an access panel
line = rope or hawser
gear adrift = a mess
mess = canteen
messman = canteeneer
galley = kitchen
sick bay = doctor’s office
corpsman = medic
station = place to be
bill = list of names
cleaning station = place where you (had better) be cleaning
(To be continued...)
Today the library witnessed the first time we had a game of checkers and chess going on simultaneously. One of the cadets used a marker to draw an extra chess board. Awesome.
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