How did nobody mention “PITIPIWPIW WIW WIW” yet?
There is a container ship with a name that is onomatopoeia for engine sounds.
50k Boat Names
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#112I can't help but think this article could have used some more polishing. The stats say that there are 101 boats named "Freedom", but if you enter "Freedom" in the search, it shows 48 boats with names including "Freedom", of which however only one is called just "Freedom". That doesn't really add up?! Also, clicking "Movie/TV" yields a paltry 22 boats, which I think is far too few. E.g. the boat called "USS Enterprise…
Agreed. The „foreign phrases“ category only contains entries starting with A or B
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#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
Err, the Enterprise has been a ship name for a few hundred years, quite a bit before Star Trek was ever conceived. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise
Nostromo could be a reference to Joseph Contrad's novel. Its also an italian word for boatswain (according to Wikipedia)
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#116Earlier quoted context omitted.
Amusing that the page for ships called HMS Enterprise linked to from the USS Enterprise page points out that the name came originally from the French! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Enterprise
I always thought the carrier was named after Enterprise, PA since the US Navy usually names cruisers after medium sized cities and the earlier carriers were converted cruiser hulls.
Except there is no such place. Perhaps you're thinking of Intercourse, PA?
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#117My parents had a sailboat, and just walking around the marina there were a ton of clever names. My favorites were:
- Ménage à cinq
- Never Again II