# "The Nautical Roots of 9 Common Phrases"

**URL:** <https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-nautical-roots-of-9-common-phrases/57570>\
**Category:** Lounge\
**Created:** [December 16, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-nautical-roots-of-9-common-phrases/57570 "2012-12-16T14:23:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-nautical-roots-of-9-common-phrases/57570/1 "2012-12-16T14:23:43Z")

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> The Vikings, Columbus, the Pilgrims ? they all arrived here by ship. So it stands to reason that some of the phrases we use today were born on the high seas.

↳Click here to read the full article. ([http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/40711](http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/40711))

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**Author:** ![SteveO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@SteveO](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/SteveO)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2012, 9:47am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-nautical-roots-of-9-common-phrases/57570/2 "2012-12-20T09:47:21Z")

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Good stuff. I was raised by wolves on a boat so most of this I already knew 🙂

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**Author:** ![QuietGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@QuietGuy](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/QuietGuy)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-nautical-roots-of-9-common-phrases/57570/3 "2012-12-30T14:52:13Z")

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> [@Steve](#):
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> Good stuff. I was raised by wolves on a boat so most of this I already knew 🙂

Great Neptune! LoL! 😮 🙂