• Nougat@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      The left is always the ship’s left, just like the left side of a car is always the left side of a car.

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        1 year ago

        Except we say drivers/passengers side when referring to the side of a car. People dislike port because they can’t remember it from lack of use. Insecurities cause this whole discussion.

        I don’t use it often at all, but when I was 6, I just remembered left/port had 4 letters and haven’t forgotten yet. Some day I might, but me forgetting doesn’t mean I should ask everyone else to stop using language.

        E.g. I have a plethora of grapes. We should stop using the term plethora because they could just say “a lot.”