Salon, saloon

[jwing]

So whatchya call the benches in the cockpit?

[StuM]

Originally Posted by SVTatia

Correction: saloon is a seating area with dining facilities besides the engine and one step from the toilet.

...and whadya call the benches in the saloon? Settees for peat sake.

Pete's sake?

[senormechanico]

Originally Posted by Alan Mighty

I've never heard of a thing called a "living room" on a boat or a ship.

You haven't been around charterers who rent catamarans.
Many years ago, I worked for a company who maintained 150 time share yachts from 32 to 65 feet.
The catamaran charter had ended, and I was sent to repair something ( I forget what).
The lady was in the middle of cleaning the boat before leaving, and she was on her cell phone with a friend.
The conversation went something like this:


"I'm done vacuuming the bedrooms, I've cleaned the bathrooms and kitchen, now I'm vacuuming the living room."


(argh)

[Kenomac]

Our boat was outfitted with a saloon, but the newer boatshow vessels seem to be equipped with salons according to the salespeople for some reason.

[admiralslater]

I believe that saloon is correct ,a salon was a gathering of artistic and literary people usualy in someones home . Dont get mad at me but I think the Americans more conservative leanings only equate saloons with the western movie versions ,so dont like the word .

[Attikos]

Originally Posted by Outlaw7

Salon = seating area
Saloon + seating area with dining facilities

So, a cockpit with a table that swings out and some cup holders is a saloon, and if it has benches it's also a salon?

[denverd0n]

Originally Posted by ranger42c

Ya have to ask the Brits why they pronounce some French words the way they do.

There's your answer, right there.

[LoudMusic]

The big yachts I work on almost universally use "salon" and typically have more than one, so they become "main salon", "bridge salon", "owner salon", etc.

But there is an occasional person that calls it "saloon". No one seems to judge them for it, even in that environment of critical judgement about every little thing.

[SVTatia]

Originally Posted by StuM

Pete's sake?

peat is right, just being organic....