News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left” and “right?”. Parent comment

Re:Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of “left”... by jjav on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @01:17PM (#35630738)
> in Spanish boat words like port and starboard are totally different

Indeed. Spanish is my native language but I learned sailing in the US so my nautical vocabulary is all in English. I feel completely illiterate on a Spanish speaking boat.

[ Parent | on HN ]

There are no comments on this comment yet.