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sploosh@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Around these parts we call that getting strewheeled, after my wife’s stunning realization that they are so named because of the wheel at their stern.
Comment on Bird
sploosh@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Around these parts we call that getting strewheeled, after my wife’s stunning realization that they are so named because of the wheel at their stern.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
This confused me because “strewheel” doesn’t work as a search term and I wasn’t even sure how to pronounce it much less understand it. Until I reread your comment and used commonsense logic to figure out you must have misspelt “sternwheel” or “sternwheeler.” Which was still a word I don’t remember ever hearing, but it’s easy to look up. And I bet it’s findable somewhere in Mark Twain, but it’s been a generation since I’ve read him.