Wind speed terms 1750-1850 in English, Spanish, French and Dutch

MarkJ · 04-05-2008, 08:13

You gotta admit you're a dork if you find this stuff necessary, but here it is anyway for you to read at night when you are alone!

Wind speed terms 1750-1850 in English, Spanish, French and Dutch

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/pdf/CLIWOC-dictionary.pdf

Wotname · 04-05-2008, 08:23

Heck, just when I could convert between Kts, Km/Hr, M/sec and Beaufort, you come up with this.
Now I can't live without knowing all the terms - I must be a

The refitt with never get finished if I don't stop reading CF and this stuff

Hey, maybe I can get the terms inscibed of some overlay plates for the wind instruments.

**David M** · 04-05-2008, 11:39

Interesting stuff. Somebody had a lot of time on their hands.

The term "Calmo" struck me as funny.

I would think that would be the feminine gender "Calma"?

Tom Spohn · 31-10-2008, 18:42

Could it be that "Calmo" refers to the sea state--el mar--which is masculine? Can't refer to the fuerza (feminine) of the wind which is zero. just a theory.

andrejsv · 01-11-2008, 01:39

Well, the wind is masculine in spanish ('el viento') and therefore a calm wind 'es un viento calmo'.

When I was growing up, people on the coast and sailors would say 'la mar' refering to the sea in feminine terms.. although I always used and heard 'el mar' being used inland by non-sailors. I think the feminine attribute to the sea has fallen into disuse in our generation and most eople now refer to it in the masculine.

04-05-2008, 08:13	#1
MarkJ Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: At Sea Boat: Beneteau 393 "Sea Life" Posts: 892 Images: 2	Wind speed terms 1750-1850 in English, Spanish, French and Dutch You gotta admit you're a dork if you find this stuff necessary, but here it is anyway for you to read at night when you are alone! Wind speed terms 1750-1850 in English, Spanish, French and Dutch http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/pdf/CLIWOC-dictionary.pdf __________________ Heading north along the Aussie coast. OurLifeAtSea.com

04-05-2008, 08:23	#2
Wotname Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Boat: Van DeStat Super Dogger 31' Posts: 758	Heck, just when I could convert between Kts, Km/Hr, M/sec and Beaufort, you come up with this. Now I can't live without knowing all the terms - I must be a The refitt with never get finished if I don't stop reading CF and this stuff Hey, maybe I can get the terms inscibed of some overlay plates for the wind instruments. __________________ All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangereous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. T.E. Lawrence

04-05-2008, 11:39	#3
David M Moderator Site Helper Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: San Francisco Bay Posts: 2,773	Interesting stuff. Somebody had a lot of time on their hands. The term "Calmo" struck me as funny. I would think that would be the feminine gender "Calma"? __________________ David "Marge! Look at all the great stuff I found at the Marina. It was just sitting in some guys boat!" -Homer Simpson

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31-10-2008, 18:42	#4
Tom Spohn Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Seattle Boat: Schock 35 Posts: 72	Could it be that "Calmo" refers to the sea state--el mar--which is masculine? Can't refer to the fuerza (feminine) of the wind which is zero. just a theory.

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andrejsv Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Sausalito, CA Boat: 42 ferro, La Vanagada Posts: 26	Well, the wind is masculine in spanish ('el viento') and therefore a calm wind 'es un viento calmo'. When I was growing up, people on the coast and sailors would say 'la mar' refering to the sea in feminine terms.. although I always used and heard 'el mar' being used inland by non-sailors. I think the feminine attribute to the sea has fallen into disuse in our generation and most eople now refer to it in the masculine.