Open invitation to all bootnecks and tars

1812USMarine · Post by **1812USMarine** » Sun 22 Jun, 2003 5:53 pm

Harry - swabby it is; also squid, as most Marines are fond of saying. within the Navy, different branches have different nicks - I was radar commonly called a "twidget"; engineering sailors are "snipes", aviation guys are "airdales", and the fearsome, but daft, bosuns mates are lovingly referred to as deck apes. To us, Marines are jarheads, Air Farce are wingnuts and the Army ain't worth referring to.

That about sums it up,

JD

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Sun 22 Jun, 2003 8:23 pm

1812USMARINE..... Good effort.... Ok to put you out of your misery...
Here is a History lesson on Jack/Royal Speak

MIC = Naval slang for Hammock
SPREADERS = two pieces of wood, just over the width of a mans shoulders with a notch cut at either end. Each spreader was placed at either end of the hammock so that the notch would hold the final pair of 'Tangs' apart, the lines used to lash to the hold fast rope to the Hammock... Thus opening the hammock out for easy use and comfort.
Hammocks in Nelsons day were also used as fortifications on board, Once Jack was woken he would 'Lash up and Stow' his hammock to the Hammock Nettings which were either side of the upper deck and were about 3 ft high, thus giving the crew a certain amount of cover from musket fire.
TOT = A measure of Jamaican Rum with two parts water, continued until August 1969..... Alas

FULL SET= Full marks
RABBITS & RABBIT RUN = Rabbits are the traditional name for foreign keep sakes or presents for the family back home and the Rabbit Run is the shore leave specifically for this process. Rabbits can be any type of ornament or object, we had one lad who brought on board an eight foot Elephant for his mum, storing it on board was no problem, I only wish I had seen him boarding the train with it when he went home!
TRAPPING = Trying to engage in the noble art of getting her knickers orf.
PLUMBS = Is as for the above,but never succeeding no matter how
hard you try

Very few openly admit to being alternately impaired.... Gay... Hence there are NO Gays in the British Navy

harry hackedoff · Post by **harry hackedoff** » Mon 23 Jun, 2003 4:29 pm

JD, "plumbs" rating, because of a lack of success in "trapping"
i.e. "Mike can`t even trap his plums( testicles) in a door"
Unlike me, of course. Stacks rate, meself

Mike, perhaps you would care to enlighten young JD as to what is meant by the term "Buggers Grips"

So JD, should we call you Swabby to be amiable and Squid to be offensive

harry hackedoff · Post by **harry hackedoff** » Mon 23 Jun, 2003 4:36 pm

Further to me last pipe,
Are you sure of the date for the death of the tot, Mike? I thought it was 31 July, 1970

I`ll take two, just to be sure to be sure, sor!

Contractor · Post by **Contractor** » Mon 23 Jun, 2003 4:37 pm

Good on ya JD.

Contractor: Ah, I see. Absolutely this invite is extended to pongos as well.

Anybody know where I can obtain a decent phrase book for Naval speak?I have only managed to understand about a third of this thread!

harry hackedoff · Post by **harry hackedoff** » Mon 23 Jun, 2003 5:03 pm

Contractor, I can only commend you to one. Written partly by Surgeon Cdr, Rick Jolly, it does not claim to be exhaustive, However, it does contain over five thousand words, most of which are exclusive to Royal and Jack. Some tribes in Papua New Guinnea can only manage five hundred so Jackspeak or Royalspeak deserve to be classified as a language in their own right. Do yerself a flavour and proff one. It`ll keep you amused for ever. It will explain what "Lashed-up by a Jenny" really means, or the many variations of "Kit Muster", for instance

You`ll even be able to discover what "harry" and "hackedoff" mean when used together( my name isn`t really Harry Hackedoff, by the way, it`s actualy Harry Redders

Anyone fancy a beefer, er meant to say banyan

Clock this,
www.militaryforums/viewtopic.php?t=2002
Get one now

Contractor · Post by **Contractor** » Mon 23 Jun, 2003 5:14 pm

Cheers Harry

Fine fellow the good Dr Jolly of FI fame did a sterling job.

Contractor · Post by **Contractor** » Mon 23 Jun, 2003 5:29 pm

P.S.

Harry Redders

My ar*e !!

harry hackedoff · Post by **harry hackedoff** » Mon 23 Jun, 2003 5:34 pm

My arse

unquote

Only at the moment, give us a few months and it`ll be back in the thirtys.
We`ll all be harry redders then

JR · Post by JR » Mon 23 Jun, 2003 5:36 pm

Harry 'Proffer's?.The 'Departed Spirit' The last day of issue of Navy Rum 31st July 1970,a specially engraved commemorative cover was issued at Portsmouth city's main post office,and if anyone wants to know where the ToT measures from the Victory went? not guilty M'lud.Aye JR

harry hackedoff · Post by **harry hackedoff** » Mon 23 Jun, 2003 5:45 pm

Shame on you, Jim.
And a custodial officer as well

Glad they`re in safe hands mate, harry proffers, indeed

It`s only proffing if no-one knows, by the way

Hope you put them to good use

Aye,

Andy O'Pray · Post by **Andy O'Pray** » Mon 23 Jun, 2003 7:13 pm

Hi Contractor, Go to:

http://www.royalmarines.org/

You will find some bootspeak under the heading of SLANG.

Aye - Andy.

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Mon 23 Jun, 2003 8:14 pm

Harry... I stand corrected ... July 31st 1970 it was.
Ships company had their pic taken on Lower Gun deck armed with one half glass of Coka Cola/ Pepsi, (meant to look like a tot, you'd have thought that on that occasion we would have got the real thing!)
We had to wait for the bloody stuff to go flat before the Phot was allowed to take the shot? Which, if I remember correctly was front page of the Navy News and in the G&B

JD
Now as for Buggers Grips or Buggery Grips....
Two schools of thought here.

1... A Deal Drill Instructor's 60s name for side boards.. probably worn by trained Marines as recruits had to be cleaned shaven.

While on this subject can any of the Old and Bold DIs tell me why, I as a 16 1/2year old Junior Marine, had to shave, even though I had NO bum fluff and the nearest to a razor I had been was in my home bathroom where My father kept a a cut throat.....My first parade after being told to shave, I looked as if I'd been part of the Chainsaw Massacre. In fact the whole bloody Squad did

2... General name for the unshaved tufts of long hair on the cheek bone, these, when grown with a tash, would link up with the side burns, giving the Jimmy Edwards look. (Ancient 50/60 British film comedian). Again usually worn by the more sophisticated members of the Corps

Next
Aye

Humphs · Post by **Humphs** » Mon 23 Jun, 2003 10:35 pm

Contractor if you PM me with your address I have a copy of Royal Marine speak Iwill copy and send you

1812USMarine · Post by **1812USMarine** » Tue 24 Jun, 2003 12:03 am

Ok then, thanks for the jackspeak lesson. I'll be able to impress my fellow Marines on July 3rd, when we perform at Sunset Parade and then jump in our Mics for a sleepover onboard. This will be the first time I have done this, and I can tell you that certain parts of me body are all aquiver at the thought. I will let you know if the ghost of LT William Bush still trods the planks at night!! Bush was the first US Marine ever killed in action. He was most rudely cut down, probably by a lucky shot from a bootneck, when, during the battle with Guerriere, he mounted the ratline, tuned to Captain Hull and asked, "Shall I board her, sir?" Y'all better hope the ghost doesn't ask for blood vengeance!

JD

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