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LOL - What A Funny Name For A Boat! A Chinese junk.  That name has always made me laugh because it sounds so funny. Maybe the Chinese know that the boat is no good, so that's why they called it that.
Come to think of it, after looking at this picture, the boat does look like junk. RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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 seems that i was busy doing something close to nothing, but different than the day before   | |
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It cracks me up too. RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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the name is one thing ... knowing that this type of boat has been around for about 2000 years, may change your opinion | |
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One4All4Ever said: the name is one thing ... knowing that this type of boat has been around for about 2000 years, may change your opinion
 I need to research it, find out the history behind it.  RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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I always thought this was odd as a kid too... ...I thought maybe they were just too honest or couldn't give a damn
...When I first saw the thread I thought it was going to be about the Titanic! 
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psychodelicide said: One4All4Ever said: the name is one thing ... knowing that this type of boat has been around for about 2000 years, may change your opinion
I need to research it, find out the history behind it. the history of the name ?? The English word is derived from the Portugues name Junco or the Dutch name Jonk ... which in turn comes from the Javanese word Djong. You know, they didn't speak English back in the day 
Wikipedia has an interesting article, full of junk | |
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Steadwood said: I always thought this was odd as a kid too... ...I thought maybe they were just too honest or couldn't give a damn
...When I first saw the thread I thought it was going to be about the Titanic!
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One4All4Ever said: psychodelicide said: I need to research it, find out the history behind it. the history of the name ?? The English word is derived from the Portugues name Junco or the Dutch name Jonk ... which in turn comes from the Javanese word Djong. You know, they didn't speak English back in the day
Wikipedia has an interesting article, full of junk Thanks for the history of the name, I had no clue. It's true, most of the countries didn't speak English, it was always another language.RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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Taken from www.dictionary.com
Word History: The word junk is an example of the change in meaning known as generalization, and very aptly too, since the amount of junk in the world seems to be generalizing and proliferating rapidly. The Middle English word jonk, ancestor of junk, originally had a very specific meaning restricted to nautical terminology. First recorded in 1353, the word meant "an old cable or rope." On a sailing ship it made little sense to throw away useful material since considerable time might pass before one could get new supplies. Old cable was used in a variety of ways, for example, to make fenders, that is, material hung over the side of the ship to protect it from scraping other ships or wharves. Junk came to refer to this old cable as well. The big leap in meaning taken by the word seems to have occurred when junk was applied to discarded but useful material in general. This extension may also have taken place in a nautical context, for the earliest, more generalized use of junk is found in the compound junk shop, referring to a store where old materials from ships were sold. Junk has gone on to mean useless waste as well. 
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Steadwood said: Taken from www.dictionary.com
Word History: The word junk is an example of the change in meaning known as generalization, and very aptly too, since the amount of junk in the world seems to be generalizing and proliferating rapidly. The Middle English word jonk, ancestor of junk, originally had a very specific meaning restricted to nautical terminology. First recorded in 1353, the word meant "an old cable or rope." On a sailing ship it made little sense to throw away useful material since considerable time might pass before one could get new supplies. Old cable was used in a variety of ways, for example, to make fenders, that is, material hung over the side of the ship to protect it from scraping other ships or wharves. Junk came to refer to this old cable as well. The big leap in meaning taken by the word seems to have occurred when junk was applied to discarded but useful material in general. This extension may also have taken place in a nautical context, for the earliest, more generalized use of junk is found in the compound junk shop, referring to a store where old materials from ships were sold. Junk has gone on to mean useless waste as well.
That's interesting. RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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One4All4Ever said: the name is one thing ... knowing that this type of boat has been around for about 2000 years, may change your opinion
I was just saying that boat looks kinda old! surviving on the thought of loving you, it's just like the water
I ain't felt this way in years... | |
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KidaDynamite said: One4All4Ever said: the name is one thing ... knowing that this type of boat has been around for about 2000 years, may change your opinion
I was just saying that boat looks kinda old! It's definitely not the Love Boat, that's for sure. RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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psychodelicide said: Steadwood said: Taken from www.dictionary.com
Word History: The word junk is an example of the change in meaning known as generalization, and very aptly too, since the amount of junk in the world seems to be generalizing and proliferating rapidly. The Middle English word jonk, ancestor of junk, originally had a very specific meaning restricted to nautical terminology. First recorded in 1353, the word meant "an old cable or rope." On a sailing ship it made little sense to throw away useful material since considerable time might pass before one could get new supplies. Old cable was used in a variety of ways, for example, to make fenders, that is, material hung over the side of the ship to protect it from scraping other ships or wharves. Junk came to refer to this old cable as well. The big leap in meaning taken by the word seems to have occurred when junk was applied to discarded but useful material in general. This extension may also have taken place in a nautical context, for the earliest, more generalized use of junk is found in the compound junk shop, referring to a store where old materials from ships were sold. Junk has gone on to mean useless waste as well.
That's interesting. Well after seeing the Chinese boat I thought THAT was where we got the meaning of the word "Junk" 
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Steadwood said: psychodelicide said: That's interesting. Well after seeing the Chinese boat I thought THAT was where we got the meaning of the word "Junk"
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psychodelicide said: KidaDynamite said: I was just saying that boat looks kinda old! It's definitely not the Love Boat, that's for sure. surviving on the thought of loving you, it's just like the water
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KidaDynamite said: psychodelicide said: It's definitely not the Love Boat, that's for sure. RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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KidaDynamite said: psychodelicide said: It's definitely not the Love Boat, that's for sure. I'd do it! I have a firm grip on reality...Maybe just not this reality | |
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Steadwood said: KidaDynamite said: I'd do it! RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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OMG, speaking of The Love Boat, a male friend of mine once told me that he knew a guy who called it "The Fuck Boat". So nasty. RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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psychodelicide said: OMG, speaking of The Love Boat, a male friend of mine once told me that he knew a guy who called it "The Fuck Boat".
So nasty. Yeah, i've never seen that show but I heard everybody was doing eachother on that boat!  surviving on the thought of loving you, it's just like the water
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i actually got the name PRB in 1985- and now there is a boat with my name on it seems that i was busy doing something close to nothing, but different than the day before | |
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prb said:
i actually got the name PRB in 1985- and now there is a boat with my name on it
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Steadwood said: prb said:
i actually got the name PRB in 1985- and now there is a boat with my name on it
You're named after a boat? no, the boat is named after me 
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prb said: Steadwood said:
You're named after a boat? no, the boat is named after me
oops 
The year I was born (I'm giving my age away here ) a racehorse called ESB (my initials) won the Derby...
...My Dad used to go on and on about it.... ...For years I thought I was named after a horse
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Steadwood said: prb said: no, the boat is named after me
oops
The year I was born (I'm giving my age away here ) a racehorse called ESB (my initials) won the Derby...
...My Dad used to go on and on about it.... ...For years I thought I was named after a horse
i was actually named after dick tracy  (family joke  )
another orger actually found that pic 4 me
i became prb in 85 on radio- the place music fans went b4 puters seems that i was busy doing something close to nothing, but different than the day before | |
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prb said: Steadwood said: oops
The year I was born (I'm giving my age away here ) a racehorse called ESB (my initials) won the Derby...
...My Dad used to go on and on about it.... ...For years I thought I was named after a horse
*i was actually named after dick tracy (family joke )
another orger actually found that pic 4 me
**i became prb in 85 on radio- the place music fans went b4 puters *Too much information
**Baptism on radio 
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KidaDynamite said: psychodelicide said: OMG, speaking of The Love Boat, a male friend of mine once told me that he knew a guy who called it "The Fuck Boat".
So nasty. Yeah, i've never seen that show but I heard everybody was doing eachother on that boat! roflmoa! Hence the name "Fuck Boat". !!!RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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prb said:
i actually got the name PRB in 1985- and now there is a boat with my name on it That's cool! RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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prb said: Steadwood said:
You're named after a boat? no, the boat is named after me
RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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