Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions

Author/Contributor(s):	Beavis, Bill; McCloskey, Richard
Publisher:	Adlard Coles Nautical Press
Date:	12/30/2014
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Most of us never realize how many words and expressions used in everyday English have a fascinating nautical origin. This charming pocketbook explains the practical ship-board beginnings of over 200 such phrases--colorful, bizarre and surprising--and how they came ashore. For anyone with an interest in the sea & its traditions--landlubbers, boaters, historians, linguists.