• Electricblush@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It has its own terms for a very good reason.

    It’s relative to the boat, so that if you are standing on deck and looking back everyone knows what you mean and not if you are talking about your reative left or the boats.

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        1 year ago

        The left is always the ship’s left, just like the left side of a car is always the left side of a car.

        • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Except we say drivers/passengers side when referring to the side of a car. People dislike port because they can’t remember it from lack of use. Insecurities cause this whole discussion.

          I don’t use it often at all, but when I was 6, I just remembered left/port had 4 letters and haven’t forgotten yet. Some day I might, but me forgetting doesn’t mean I should ask everyone else to stop using language.

          E.g. I have a plethora of grapes. We should stop using the term plethora because they could just say “a lot.”

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      1 year ago

      It’s based on nautical miles which are in turn 1/60th of a latitude degree. It’s meant for easy conversions when navigating using map coordinates.

  • dx1@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Let’s name them something edgy and disruptive. How about calling all four sides “X”.