To: naturalman1975
Congratulations to the young Wren. I love that the Brits still call their female sailors Wrens. I think the we lost something here when we stopped calling our women military Waves, Wafs and Wacs. To me it just sounds a little more civilized.
One thing though, them Brits need to learn English, I thought, “she passes out as a Wren,” meant she had passed out er fainted.
Again congratulations to Emily Corrie. You are to be admired.
11 posted on
10/09/2009 2:55:18 PM PDT by
Tupelo
To: Tupelo
Wrens isn’t official anymore (nor is Wrans, which was used in Australia), but it’s got too much history behind it to be abandoned completely.
16 posted on
10/09/2009 3:20:34 PM PDT by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: Tupelo
>>Congratulations to the young Wren. I love that the Brits still call their female sailors Wrens. I think the we lost something here when we stopped calling our women military Waves, Wafs and Wacs. To me it just sounds a little more civilized.<<
At least, we still have WMs (more affectingly called BAMs).
18 posted on
10/10/2009 2:30:24 AM PDT by
NTHockey
(Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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