On 28/06/2009, at 1:25 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Um... a ship? Do you mean the Marines patrol boat a couple of years
ago? Wasn't a ship.
Sorry Charlie. You have to remember that, when I was I kid I was on
many a
boat longer than 200 meters, with the biggest over 300 meters and >
30k
tons. I realize that it wasn't a big ship, but the way I was raised:
saltwater=ship, freshwater=boat. Size didn't matter.
It's not size, it's type. Submarines are boats... (they're also "it",
not "she" to anyone who's not actually a submariner). :-)
Sure, it's probably a regional usage difference (like "LEFT-enant" in
Britain and Australia), but a patrol craft, a fast-attack craft (like
the couple of hydrofoils with guns we've had over the years) or a
merchant vessel with only 15 or so crew is usually a boat if you're
talking about a British vessel.
C.
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