Serving in the Royal Navy requires one to virtually learn a new language.Sailors have a strange fondness for Malapropisms,without necessarily knowing what they are ; for example " Men under punishment and stoppage of leave" are actually "Men under nourishment and stoppage of cheese",whilst the command "Face aft and salute ! " is actually "Chase arse in a blue suit !". In my day,the frigate Galatea was,of course, the "Galloping Tea-pot" and the submarine Superb was the "Super Bee"-----I leave the question of the frigate HMS Dido to your evil imaginations !! Naturally,among RN practitioners of the Noble Art ( Folk Music),of which there was a gratifying number(inc. me),it was considered "de rigeur" to stretch all manner of words when singing,hence Sail-eye-or, Capt-eye-in, ,Med-eye-al ( yes, "The Good Ship Calabar" !! ) Bose-eye-un,Harl-eye-ott,Strump-eye-ett- Ok I'll stop there, but you get the picture?? After about ten years, I found myself virtually unable to communicate normally with anyone NOT in the Navy !!