Post B8h7x0D0Tkeqmlyj0y by jonlord@mastodon.world
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 (DIR) Post #B8h0r98Tg05H3V7XI8 by jonlord@mastodon.world
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       @bluejay Great work 👏
       
 (DIR) Post #B8h1eILcDQ4DobhYIa by bluejay@ohai.social
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       @jonlord Thanks so much!🙏🏽
       
 (DIR) Post #B8h5LucA7E5KoQvmXg by jonlord@mastodon.world
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       @bluejay Do love ships, sea, rivers & canals👏
       
 (DIR) Post #B8h6hQEnpu4ovRpF1E by bluejay@ohai.social
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       @jonlord I can’t get enough of tall ships. I find ship terminology fascinating as well — jibs and spars and bowsprits and topgallants and all that. I’m far from having a handle on all of it but I’m always learning!
       
 (DIR) Post #B8h7x0D0Tkeqmlyj0y by jonlord@mastodon.world
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       @bluejay Me tooOn our side of the Atlantic it seems that every other phrase has a maritime origin - ‘He’s broad in the beam’ (fat shaming)‘Not enough room to swing a cat’ (as in cat-a-nine-tails) ((small space))‘He’s three sheets to the wind’ (drunk) ((how the sails are set in a storm))Books have been written on seafaring phrases in modern day use
       
 (DIR) Post #B8h9fWMEPa1BBn5LG4 by bluejay@ohai.social
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       @jonlord Oh, for sure! Shot across the bow, above board, showing someone the ropes, clean bill of health, showing your true colors — there are so many!
       
 (DIR) Post #B8h9r5RgIPPFCK9JnU by jonlord@mastodon.world
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       @bluejay I wonder if other seafaring nations in other languages have so many maritime phrases in everyday use ?