2007-01-30 17:47:05 · 5 answers · asked by Angela S 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Marine Corps. The "p" and "s" are silent in this word because the French got ahold of the word for awhile and they do some strange things with words, as written by someone with a name like "Patois" which is pronounced "Puh-Twa". Anyway, the word "corps" hails from the Latin word for body, such as a large body of men, like an army, is a corps. That Latin word is "corpus" = body.
2007-01-30 17:59:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's probably a misspelling.
Whoever typed "marine core" meant Marine Corps. That's a military branch of the United States armed forces which is under the direct command of the President.
For more information about the Marines, look at this website;
http://www.marines.mil/marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/homepage?readform.
It's possible, however, that someone DID mean "marine core", and that would be a many feet long plug of sea bottom used by scientists to determine what the earth's crust looks like under the ocean bottom.
2007-01-30 17:55:22 · answer #2 · answered by Mmerobin 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Patois gave a good meaning for corps. The Marine part comes from the fact the Marines are part of the Navy, think of it as the Navy's soldiers. Each naval ship carries so many marines on board for its protection. This has expanded to forces capable of stained fighting in the British and American Navies. In both they are part of the Navy and subject to their orders.
2007-01-30 18:44:47 · answer #3 · answered by cnc_13023 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
its spelled Marine Corps.
its a branch of the military (like the army or navy)
2007-01-30 17:54:42 · answer #4 · answered by lovebugger 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its the center of apples that you find floating in the water.
2007-01-30 17:54:46 · answer #5 · answered by charlie at the lake 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋