Year: - Language: English Author: Nelson D.B. Genre: Dictionary Format: PDF, DOCx Quality: eBook Pages count: 28 Description: The English language is well-known for its tendency to borrow words and phrases from other languages and adopt them for its own. Quite a few of these come from the sea-faring portion of our history, and have distinctly nautical overtones which are still recognized. Many nautical phrases and terms have their origins from the days of sailing ships. Since both Great Britain and the United States have shared a long maritime heritage as well as a common language, it is only natural that many of these have survived to the present day. Germany, Holland and France, for example, are other European nations with a long sea‑faring tradition of their own, and they have also contributed a few.
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Traditional Nautical Terms & Sayings
Language: English
Author: Nelson D.B.
Genre: Dictionary
Format: PDF, DOCx
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 28
Description: The English language is well-known for its tendency to borrow words and phrases from other languages and adopt them for its own. Quite a few of these come from the sea-faring portion of our history, and have distinctly nautical overtones which are still recognized. Many nautical phrases and terms have their origins from the days of sailing ships. Since both Great Britain and the United States have shared a long maritime heritage as well as a common language, it is only natural that many of these have survived to the present day. Germany, Holland and France, for example, are other European nations with a long sea‑faring tradition of their own, and they have also contributed a few.
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