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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by anthk on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:38AM (#35626529)
It's used, but for the old ones with horses.
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by qtzfz on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:40AM (#35626539)
Exactly, but don't ask Manolo Escobar about it, since it's somewhat of a sensitive issue for him.
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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by el-salvador on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @12:00PM (#35629828)
> It's used, but for the old ones with horses.

This was new for me.

The Spanish words carro, carreta, coche, carretilla, carrito all mean "something that has wheels on it", but the meaning keeps changing between car, horse drawn carriage, baby stroller, shopping cart, horse drawn cart or toy car between countries.

Fortunately it's easy to figure out from context and doesn't have possible misunderstandings as the Spanish word for straw.

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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by jjav on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @01:09PM (#35630656)
> Fortunately it's easy to figure out from context and doesn't have possible misunderstandings as the Spanish word for straw.

What/where are the misunderstandings for sorbeto?

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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by el-salvador on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @05:05PM (#35633332)
https://www.speakinglatino.com/spanish-language-words-for-dr...
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