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Thread #22254   Message #242824
Posted By: A Wandering Minstrel
15-Jun-00 - 11:00 AM
Thread Name: BS: sea shanties
Subject: RE: BS: sea shanties
No I don't think Im anyone called LoVine???

I am amazed at the response to the old rope chestnut. Which dave the mariner got right in 1 (the only rope actually called a rope is the one on the bell) the rest are all hayards, fiddlestrings, braces etc etc.

Rollo I use the word barque or barky like most english sailors would to indicate a full rigged ship with three masts.

and that takes me to the bitter end :-)