NAVAL TERMINOLOGY
TO THK KDITOH OV "THE MESS." Sir, —My attention has been drawn to a paragraph published by you in December last, in which you remark that tho question "What boat are you on?" grates upou the ear of a naval num. 1 beg to heartily endorse this statement, for which I think the thanks of tho Navy aro duo to you. May I mention that tho term "Jack Tar" or "Jack" is equally abominable? I think that tho paragraph referred to would bear repetition at this time.—Yours, etc., J. G. STOPFORD, Commander R.N. H.M.S. Pyramus. May 14th. [Commander Stopford's reference is to the following editorial noto in our issue of December 7th: —Now that New Zealand is becoming so closely associated with the Navy, there are one or two little points of etiquette winch it would bo well to boar in mind when talking or writing to naval men. For instance, ono should not say to an officer in H.M. Navy, "What boat are yon onP" The correct form is, "What ship are you in?" Jt may seem a small point, but a landsman can hardly realise how the former grates oil tho ear of a naval man.—Ed. ''Tho Press."]
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14667, 16 May 1913, Page 8
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