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Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat
Naval slang and its everyday usage
Buch von Martin Robson
Sprache: Englisch

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As the crow flies'', ''chunder'', ''cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'', ''three sheets to the wind'' - many terms like these are used in everyday English language conversation and writing. But how many landlubbers know that they derive from naval slang or know what the phrase originally referred to? The navy has helped to shape modern society. The navy is famous for its traditions, quirks and nuances. It is disinctly different to wider society and nowhere is this more evident than in language. The naval community once had its own language, incomprehensible to anyone who was not a sailor, which described and explained his unique world. But on shore leave these men introduced their language to the populations of bustling ports and harbours and the usage slowly spread inland. Today through the mediums of film, television and music, naval slang has been brought to the wider public and has become fully integrated into the English language to point where many phrases are used by people who have no concept of their meaning. Presenting terminology thematically, this book provides a compilation of naval slang throughout the world, from terms relating to ship-handling and seamanship through to food and drink, discipline and insults. The text is further enhanced with original black line drawings that illustrate certain technical terms, such as ''splice the mainbrace''.
As the crow flies'', ''chunder'', ''cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'', ''three sheets to the wind'' - many terms like these are used in everyday English language conversation and writing. But how many landlubbers know that they derive from naval slang or know what the phrase originally referred to? The navy has helped to shape modern society. The navy is famous for its traditions, quirks and nuances. It is disinctly different to wider society and nowhere is this more evident than in language. The naval community once had its own language, incomprehensible to anyone who was not a sailor, which described and explained his unique world. But on shore leave these men introduced their language to the populations of bustling ports and harbours and the usage slowly spread inland. Today through the mediums of film, television and music, naval slang has been brought to the wider public and has become fully integrated into the English language to point where many phrases are used by people who have no concept of their meaning. Presenting terminology thematically, this book provides a compilation of naval slang throughout the world, from terms relating to ship-handling and seamanship through to food and drink, discipline and insults. The text is further enhanced with original black line drawings that illustrate certain technical terms, such as ''splice the mainbrace''.
Über den Autor
Dr Martin Robson is a lecturer in defence studies at the University of Exeter. He is the author of several works of military, aviation and naval history including the popular Pocket Manuals on the Spitfire and Lancaster Bomber for Conway as well as the D-Day Kit Bag.
Zusammenfassung
Author, Dr Martin Robson is a former Caird Research Fellow at the National Maritime Museum, and has written several successful books on related topics in the past.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction

Chapter 1 All Shipshape and Bristol Fashion
Chapter 2 Taken Aback
Chapter 3 The Oggin
Chapter 4 Bigwigs and Matelots
Chapter 5 The Cat
Chapter 6 Munjy
Chapter 7 Grog
Chapter 8 Action Stations!
Chapter 9 Poking Charlie
Chapter 10 Flotsam and Jetsam

Appendix: A Run Ashore: Images of the sailor in popular culture
Further Reading
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft, Importe
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781472834201
ISBN-10: 1472834208
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Robson, Martin
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 188 x 126 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Martin Robson
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.02.2018
Gewicht: 0,234 kg
Artikel-ID: 121082591
Über den Autor
Dr Martin Robson is a lecturer in defence studies at the University of Exeter. He is the author of several works of military, aviation and naval history including the popular Pocket Manuals on the Spitfire and Lancaster Bomber for Conway as well as the D-Day Kit Bag.
Zusammenfassung
Author, Dr Martin Robson is a former Caird Research Fellow at the National Maritime Museum, and has written several successful books on related topics in the past.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Introduction

Chapter 1 All Shipshape and Bristol Fashion
Chapter 2 Taken Aback
Chapter 3 The Oggin
Chapter 4 Bigwigs and Matelots
Chapter 5 The Cat
Chapter 6 Munjy
Chapter 7 Grog
Chapter 8 Action Stations!
Chapter 9 Poking Charlie
Chapter 10 Flotsam and Jetsam

Appendix: A Run Ashore: Images of the sailor in popular culture
Further Reading
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Allg. & vergl. Sprachwissenschaft, Importe
Rubrik: Sprachwissenschaft
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781472834201
ISBN-10: 1472834208
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Robson, Martin
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 188 x 126 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Martin Robson
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.02.2018
Gewicht: 0,234 kg
Artikel-ID: 121082591
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