Three Sheets to the Wind (The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions)
Year: 2018 Language: English Author: C. Barrett & V. Barrett Genre: Dictionary Publisher: The Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 78-1-4930-4228-9 Format: PDF+EPUB Quality: eBook Pages count: 193 Description: The English language is chock-full of nautical expressions. The earth is, after all, the water planet. Words and phrases coined by seamen trip off the tongue. A look at old maps shows the cross-hatching of age-old naval and trade routes. Textiles, spices, indigo, and other sought after goods emerged from cargo holds. What also came ashore was the language of sailors. This inherited idiomatic nautical language is spoken so often in conversation that it goes unnoticed. Filibusters are an invention of pirates, not the US Senate, and the first skyscrapers were the tallest sails on a ship. Three Sheets to the Wind is an illustrated guide to your language, so that the next time you call your friend a “loose cannon” you know it is you who is talking like a sailor.
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Three Sheets to the Wind (The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions)
Language: English
Author: C. Barrett & V. Barrett
Genre: Dictionary
Publisher: The Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 78-1-4930-4228-9
Format: PDF+EPUB
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 193
Description: The English language is chock-full of nautical expressions. The earth is, after all, the water planet. Words and phrases coined by seamen trip off the tongue. A look at old maps shows the cross-hatching of age-old naval and trade routes. Textiles, spices, indigo, and other sought after goods emerged from cargo holds. What also came ashore was the language of sailors.
This inherited idiomatic nautical language is spoken so often in conversation that it goes unnoticed. Filibusters are an invention of pirates, not the US Senate, and the first skyscrapers were the tallest sails on a ship.
Three Sheets to the Wind is an illustrated guide to your language, so that the next time you call your friend a “loose cannon” you know it is you who is talking like a sailor.
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