Ready! Player 31M to Microblog MemesEnglish • 1 year agoPort and starboardimagemessage-square57arrow-up1498arrow-down126cross-posted to: languagehumor
arrow-up1472arrow-down1imagePort and starboardReady! Player 31M to Microblog MemesEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square57cross-posted to: languagehumor
minus-square@UltravioletlinkEnglish35•edit-21 year agoPort was also initially Larboard, but it turns out when shouting a direction from the other side of a boat, having two similar sounding terms for opposite directions often results in crashing said boat, so it was changed in the mid 1800s.
Port was also initially Larboard, but it turns out when shouting a direction from the other side of a boat, having two similar sounding terms for opposite directions often results in crashing said boat, so it was changed in the mid 1800s.