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Nautical Word of The Day...
"JLH" wrote in message ... On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:12:16 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: A boating resource of daily words with historical interest as they relate to boating. A daily series. Ahoy!! (nautical salutation) Normally thought to be the proper nautical salutation when greeting another ship or nautical colleagues, it may have been derived from an ancient Viking Battle Cry. Alexander Graham Bell once believed that Ahoy would be the appropriate salutation for answering the telephone. Adjacent to Ahoy is the term Yo-Ho! a slight twist on Ahoy. Victorian writers used Yo-Ho's to add spice to their characters and songs. Operattas by Gilbert and Sullivan such as "The Mikado" - "The happiest hour a sailor sees - Is when he down - At an inland town - With his Nancy on his knees - YO HO!! Another intersting use of Ahoy is Ahoy-Hoy - an affectation used by the social hoity-toity. Ahoy-hoy is also a running joke on the cartoon show "The Simpsons" as a greeting by the ancient and ever so miserly Mr. Burns. Yo-Ho has become such a famous nautical term that some have named boats after it. And then again, on the streets of D.C. one will often hear, shouted from car windows, "YO, HO! How much for the night?" You've provided a valuable resource. -- ***** Have a decent day! ***** John H That was funny! |
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