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To: DFG

“A Florida port authority is inviting steamships waiting to dock in California to divert via the Panama Canal to the sunshine state, where there are no backlogs”

Steamships?

Dear lord. Think you might want to update you style guide from the 1940’s there guys.


75 posted on 10/21/2021 2:48:33 PM PDT by Jotmo (Whoever said, "The pen is mightier than the sword." has clearly never been stabbed to death.)
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To: Jotmo

FWIW … the term “steamship” is sometimes used in modern shipping jargon even though most of these vessels are no longer powered by steam. It’s sort of like unionized truck drivers who are called “teamsters” even though the original usage of the word (they hauled freight in wagons pulled by teams of horses) hasn’t been relevant in more than a hundred years.


78 posted on 10/21/2021 3:17:38 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest, ‘til a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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