The joy of 'Jackspeak' - Naval Slang

VC10 · Post by **VC10** » 28 Sep 2011, 10:18

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/ne ... 600625.stm

rich byrne · Post by **rich byrne** » 28 Sep 2011, 19:57

I always liked Covey-Crump, I remember my grand dad had a bound copy from his days as a CERA:

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov. ... p-a-to-aye

nigelb · Post by **nigelb** » 28 Sep 2011, 22:44

Thanks for that link. I am always fascinated by how language develops and how new words and slang become part of the language.

Nigel²

Seaking · Post by **Seaking** » 30 Sep 2011, 12:43

Thanks for the link, only yesterday I was reading up on another site (didn't bookmark it) on how we used to speak in the RN. It
was like we had another language.

Blister · Post by **Blister** » 01 Oct 2011, 20:32

I love this one one "Slide the slide, Jack!" - means "pass the butter, my good fellow!

jonesey2k · Post by **jonesey2k** » 01 Oct 2011, 21:06

Bloody matelots!

Post by **DaveB** » 01 Oct 2011, 21:09

Easy tiger!

Actually.. we used to say 'pass the butter please my good fellow'.. not 'slide the slide Jack!'

ATB
DaveB

Blister · Post by **Blister** » 03 Oct 2011, 21:27

Bearing in mind that I am NOT a matelot....

"Chicken on a raft" - egg on toast

"Fly sh*t pie" - mincemeat tart

"fly walk" - custard skin

Would lover to hear more - to bring back the days when I did an exercise on HMS Broadsword and had a trip around the bay in HMS Osiris - Happy daze!!

I used to work alongside the Navy - who never gave up reminding everyone they were the Senior Service! Just to think - I thought that was a packet of cheap fags.....

(I can think of many non-pc ones that we couldn't possibly put here.....)

B

Post by **DaveB** » 03 Oct 2011, 21:54

I've not looked at that list but some in the article I remember. I was always amused by the name given to Corned Beef Hash.. train crash. It doesn't take much of an imagination to see where the similarities lie

Incidentally.. Broadsword was known as WideKnife

I can't recall Hammy, Cheesy, Eggy on the upper deck (or however it was described) being that. Cheesy, Hammy, Eggy sounds more accurate to me. Don't ask me why but I made that last week and didn't enjoy it as much as I did at sea. I guess the easy explanation is that it was considered difficult for the chefs to f**k up so was popular with the troops

It didn't taste the same doing it myself though

ATB
DaveB

jonesey2k · Post by **jonesey2k** » 04 Oct 2011, 15:23

The Army have some proper quality slang too, just check out ARSSE's wikia section

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