07-09-2003, 02:18 PM
Occhidiangela,Jul 10 2003, 01:36 AM Wrote:If you find that funny, then you don't "get" matters nautical, and you really don't "get" American naval heritage. You have just been very offensive, doubtless without intention.Gut reaction. Yes I found it funny.
And you're right about me not intending offence there. None was intended.
Actually I'm surprised about having been interpreted as "very offensive". I certainly don't "get" that at all and as for nautical matters, just because I might be clueless about American warship names doesn't mean "I don't get nautical matters" . . .
Quote:Insofar as USS America, you don't name or not name ships of the line with timidity as a guiding principle.
Speaking of not getting nautical matters, the subject of superstition is historically very prominent in the naming of ships. So much so that old superstitions have become traditions that still pop up today. My father's little yacht had originally been the Melanie, later changed to Melani, before he decided it should become "Valkyrien" (Danish for Valkyrie). Changing the name again was supposed to have been unlucky. :huh:
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