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From: deb5@ellis.uchicago.edu (Daniel von Brighoff)
Subject: Re: On left and right: "Port" and "Starboard" in all languages?
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Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 18:00:21 GMT
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In article <3qn4au$i5c@rzsun02.rrz.uni-hamburg.de>,
Jens Wuepper <fm4a004@math.uni-hamburg.de> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>inspired by the thread about left and right I'd like to ask the following
>question:
>
> Do all languages have seperate words for port and starboard?

Simple answer:  no.  Not all cultures have boats.

>(German has ,,backbord'' and ,,steuerbord''.)

Both words borrowed from Low Franconian, I believe, which should
tell you something.


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