[HN Gopher] At Sea: On the defunct language of nautical flags (2...
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       At Sea: On the defunct language of nautical flags (2016)
        
       Author : allthings
       Score  : 4 points
       Date   : 2023-11-18 16:56 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | 082349872349872 wrote:
       | I remember a passage in one of the Aubrey/Maturin books, in which
       | the ballroom at an onshore function is decorated with the
       | following signal flags: https://tmg110.tripod.com/SigFl/sig-1.gif
       | , presumably intended to encourage the navy men in attendance to
       | "engage the [female party guests] more closely".
        
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