EPISODE 16 - SHIP TALK

The way a person speaks says a lot about their background. Even setting the topic of conversation aside the accents, colloquialisms, and vocabulary of an individual are all indicators of geographic origins, regional and parental influences, and education. The way someone phrases their sentences, certain jargon they might use, and the way they place certain inflections on words and syntax can also provide huge clues to the profession of the speaker. Salesmen tend to posses the earnest capability of carrying a conversation with a wall, using everyday language, but in a way that makes you feel comfortable and like lifelong friends. Nurses love to throw around acronyms and other hospital lingo that I absolutely always need a clarifier on. If you’re one of those lucky few people who hang around my company, you’ll very rarely hear use the word say “bathroom” - ninety nine percent of the time, I’ll say something along the lines of “I’ve got to hit the head”.

 

SHOW NOTES:

1:20 The Head

2:20 Oral Heritage

3:30 The Tradition of Storytelling

4:15 Landlubbers’ Talk vs Sailors’ Lingo

5:00 Technical Sailing Craft Vocabulary to Pleasure

5:30 The Internationality of the Maritime Trade

6:30 Not a Clew - Clue Vs. Clue and where it Originates

8:00 The Meanings of Running Gear, Foot, Yard, and Fiddle

8:10 How Halyards Came About

9:15 The Origins of Port & Starboard

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