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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by gooseyman on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @10:07AM (#35628326)
I'm interested in the about the phrasing "in the next left/right."

Are you located in the US?

I moved from the mid-west to NYC and learned a fun regional language difference about waiting with others: Those from the NYC area say that they are "standing on line" whereas I had grown up saying "standing in line."

That little in vs. on sounds so different!

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Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by SoapSeller on Thursday April 20, 2023 @06:38AM (#35638238)
Not at all (: That took place in Israel.

I've used mostly word by word translation from Hebrew as I didn't intuitively found "right" translation that will convey the same idea.

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