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Canals are water not land.
A land yacht is not a boat.
Barrie
Registered User
It's called sailing because it's motive force is by sail. Makes no difference whether it's on land or water. I thought you were a seaman. Didn't learn much did you?
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mikeyw64
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Barrie
Registered User
And your point is? Words get used or misused over the years so come to mean things other than what was originally intended.Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large (usually fabric) foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centreboard, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the vessel relative to its surrounding medium (typically water, but also land and ice) and change its direction and speed. Mastery of the skill requires experience in varying wind and sea conditions, as well as knowledge concerning sailboats themselves and an understanding of one's surroundings.
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mikeyw64
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No Point :-0)
Barrie
Registered User
Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large (usually fabric) foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centreboard, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the vessel relative to its surrounding medium (typically water, but also land and ice) and change its direction and speed. Mastery of the skill requires experience in varying wind and sea conditions, as well as knowledge concerning sailboats themselves and an understanding of one's surroundings.
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mikeyw64
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If I was hanging from the ceiling I'd be a pendant@tu*Now do you see how dangerous the life of a pedant is?
americanexpress
Registered User
and a knob will still be a knob:-0)
Ok Ok, if we are going to be pedantic going back to wolfie's post about not waiting for your boat to come in whether he has misquoted or if Sheene used his own bastardised version but the actual term is "wating for your ship to come in" this is because ships used to be laden with trinkets & treasures obtained by barter or murder from foreign shores.
A boat is totally different to a ship unless we are talking about a RN Submarine which is referred by seamen (snigger if you must) as a boat.
Another type of boat is the viking longboat but as the vikings only came to rape & pillage they would be very unlikely to be bearing gifts.
To summarise, rather than wait for your boat to come in, swim out & meet it but don't be too disappointed when there is nothing in the boat for you.
A pendant could be hung from someone's neck.
americanexpress
Registered User
some people should just be hung:-0)
Some people are well hung...............apparently :dunno:
Barrie
Registered User
Regardless of the origin of the saying, Mr. Sheene meant, if you want something, go and get it, don't wait for it to come to you. I'm not pedantic, I just like things being correct. As I suspect you well know, it's different from, not different to. d34l
Barrie
Registered User
I referred to the most accepted form of English, not Americanisms
The only Americanism is "Different than", I can assure you I have never used that one.
Different to & different from are both perfectly acceptable English.