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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Darkwing: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: [qb] Mr. Ewing, you fill your heads with much incomprehensible jibberish! Your swabbie talk is lost on landlubbers - and most Trek fans! Let's start with Shitty Kitty = USS Kitty Hawk, and work from there. :) Why is it that so many USN ships have such profane nicknames? Mark [/qb][/QUOTE]Sorry, I'm so used to the jargon that I sometimes fail to translate fully when speaking to others. I know what I mean, and sometimes it's so transparent to me that I don't notice it's opaque to people not used to it. Phoenix did a decent job of translating, except that "tv rooms" is unclear - that should be a shipwide tv cable system, often including satellite tv, and channels reserved for shipboard broadcast (training, addressing th crew, briefings, etc), not just a tv viewing lounge. Also, I should have said "Administrative Support Unit", the other is a common joke made about the place. Heinlein once wrote that the first caveman to cross a river on a log renamed everything so nobody would think he was a landlubber. Sailors have had irreverent nicknames for their ships since the dawn of time, partly affection, partly spite for the toil the ship requires and the harshness of life aboard (nowhere near as bad as it once was). My first ship, USS Shasta (AE-33), now USNS (TAE-33), an ammunition ship, we called Shaftya, because of command policies many felt were unfair, and the heavy workload of an underway replenishment ship. Next, the USS John S. McCain (DDG-56), was called Johnny Mac. USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), though, had the most various nicknames, none complimentary. Blue Bitch, Blue pig, blue sledge, and more. LCC was interpreted as Largest cleaning Crew or Let's Clean and Clean. Basically, we had the most restrictive policies, the most time wasted 'field daying' (deep cleaning), and the least useful mission. Sometimes nicknames show how much a particular ship is revield by others, or appreciated. Bunker Hill (CG-52) was Benny Hill to some, Cellblock 52 to others. Abraham Lincoln became Stinkin' Lincoln to us after she nearly ran us over during an unrep (underway replenishment), and after plane guard with the Independence, we started calling it the 'end-of-my-penis'. And finally, sailors simply are profane. It's part of our image, and many go to great lengths to cultivate that image. Again, sorry I posted unclearly. I'll try to remember to more fully translate in future. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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