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sorcrow

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2. Interesting observation
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 09:04 AM
Jul 2021

I listen to a lot of audio books. It hurts my ears when the reader says boat...swain, or fore...castle, or gun...wale. Nautical argot seems seems especially rife with these sort of simplifications or maybe it's my choice of literature. My personal favorite is "stunsul" for studding sail.

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