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VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"ROADMASTER" (THE NEWER AND LARGER VESSELS OF MORE ENGINE RPM AND
SPEED).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"BLUE WATER PAST PORTHOLE" (SEAS HIGH EMOUGH TO COVER THE PORTHOLE
WITH SOLID WATER INSTEAD OF SPRAY)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"PULLING HER" (DURING RACE TO PORT WITH VESSEL OF ANOTHER COMPANY,
THE FIREMAN SHOVEL COAL AS FAST AS POSSIBLE).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
THE "OLD MAN" (THE SKIPPER, CAPTAIN, MASTER)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"LET HER GO" (UP THE KNOTAGE PER HOUR BY SETTING THE THROTTLE FORWARD
ONE NOTCH).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"POPPING RIVETS" (RIVETS SHOOTING OUT FROM BOW AND HULL PLATES FROM
SEVERE SEA AND WIND STRAIN; A FRIGHTENING OCCURRENCE DURING HEAVY
GALES; IN THE INTERIOR OF THE SHIP)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"BRAIN BOX" (THE PILOT HOUSE)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"DROP THE HOOK" (LOWER THE ANCHOR)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"PICKING US UP" (DURING A FEVERISH RACE AT FULL STEAM FOR FIRST
POSITION TO UNLOAD IN THE PORT, THE ASTERN GAINS)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"ARM THE LEAD LINE" (TO STICK SOAP OR WAX IN THE LEAD, LOWER IT TO
THE BOTTOM WHICH STICKS TO TO SOAP OR WAX IN ORDER TO TELL THE BOTTOM
TEXTURE)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"DEAD SEA" (A HEAVY SEA AFTER THE WIND HAS DIED)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"SQUAWK BOX" (THE RADIO TELEPHONE)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"DEATH'S DOOR" (THE ENTRANCE TO GREEN BAY(THE BAY NOT THE CITY) FROM
THE OPEN LAKE)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
GEOGRAPHY
CURIOUSLY, WHEN ONE IS HEADED NORTH ON LAKE MICHIGAN, ONE IS "DOWN-
WARD," AND HEADED SOUTHWARD TO CHICAGO, ONE IS "UPBOUND." THIS OCCURS
ONLY ON LAKE MICHIGAN. THE NAVIGATIONAL AND MARITIME TRADITION WHICH
DEFINES THE CONCEPTS "UPBOUND"AND "DOWNBOUND" IS THAT "DOWNBOUND" IS
ALWAYS "SEAWARD TO THE HEAD OF NAVIGATION." HENCE, ON THE GREAT LAKES
"DOWNWARD" IS THE DIRECTION OF THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY FROM THE
LAKES. YET, ON LAKE ERIE, SAILORS DO NOT DESIGNATE DIRECTION BY
"UPBOUND" OR "DOWNBOUND" BUT "EASTBOUND" OR "WESTBOUND"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
RADIO VOCABULARY
I HAVE HEARD RADIO OPERATORS SIGN OFF THE AIR WITH A 73 OR 88. THIS
MEANS GOOD-BYE AND SO-LONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
COMMERICAL VOCABULARY - SLOGAN:
WE TRY HARDER.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
FOLK SPEECH
"HANG LOOSE" (MEANS WAIT A MINUTE).
Where learned: OKLAHOMA ; LAWTON
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
SLIP SPOON
WHEN I WAS WORKING AS A SHOE CLERK A LADY ASKED ME FOR A SLIP SPOON,
TO PUT HER SHOE ON WITH.
Submitter comment: (I USUALLY USE A SHOE HORN)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; FEDERAL DEPARMENT STORE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 08-00-1969
PAINTING VOCABULARY
IN THE PAINTING BUSINESS A "HOLIDAY" USED TO MEAN YOU HAD A MISS IN
YOUR WORK.
Submitter comment: A MISS IS A MISTAKE IN PAINTING, A SPOT MISSED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
GROUP SPEECH
THE MARINE CORPS HAS ITS KOWN SPECIAL WORDS FOR MANY THINGS. A PERSON
WHO WEARS GLASSES IS CALLED "FOUR-EYES." A BATHROOM IS A "HEAD." A
RECRUIT WHO DOES ODD JOBS FOR A DRILL INSTRUCTOR IS CALLED A "HOUSE
MOUSE." A RECUIT WHO FAILS TO SHOOT PROFICIENTLY IS A "NON-QUAL."
MANY TERMS ARE DERIVED FROM TERMINOLOGY ON A SHIP. THUS A STAIR-WAY
BECOMES A "LADDER." A DOOR BECOMES A "HATCH." A WALL IS A "BULKHEAD."
A FLOOR OR THE GROUND BECOMES "THE DECK." THERE ARE ALSO CERTAIN
WORDS WHICH ARE TABOO. YOU MUST REFER TO A CERTAIN CLEANING IMPLEMENT
AS A "SWAB" AND NEVER AS A "MOP." YOU SHOOT AT THE TRAGET WITH YOUR
"WEAPON" OR YOUR "RIFLE" BUT WOE TO YOU IF YOU CALL IT YOUR "GUN."
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR