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In article <1167450300.464167.286720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A sub movie in English wouldn't be called "The Boat."
That's likely due more to the marketing department's realization of the
public's unfamiliarity with submariner's parlance, in which the sub is
commonly "the boat." The term does show up in dialogue, however. A sub
is also called a ship, however, in some circumstances. I seem to recall
both being used in "Ice Station Zebra."
I think that there is a Navy dictum that goes, "Officers fight the boat,
chiefs run the boat, and the crew works the boat."
HWL
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