2006-09-10 22:16:04 · 7 answers · asked by cjmorrellphotos 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
It appears that it may have been too easy to confuse with starboard and was replaced with port.
2006-09-10 22:21:09 · answer #1 · answered by leons1701 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thanks to the United Nations Convention On the Law of The Sea,the word is not in use and is untenable to the ship community,i am abit rough on the edges but i think UNCLOS3 had a role to play in this ,courtesy of the nationality of ships in the high seas,
2006-09-11 07:51:07 · answer #2 · answered by wakili 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We got posh. Port side out starboard home. The most expensive cabins on the journey to India, because they were on the shadow side.
2006-09-11 06:07:07 · answer #3 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Larboard sounded like starboard, so they change it to port.
2006-09-13 17:44:19 · answer #4 · answered by Warlock 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it turned into the word..starvard!
2006-09-11 05:19:27 · answer #5 · answered by janet r 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
uh, starbord? as opposed to port? still in use.
2006-09-11 05:17:58 · answer #6 · answered by neogriff 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i guess it went overboard!
2006-09-11 05:36:49 · answer #7 · answered by Sid 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋