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scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Sasha, we all know that you are in the top 1 percent. I was referring to the poster with the military title.

Capt Lugwash · Joined: 14 Aug 2014 Posts: 346

Military?

johnslat · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 6:45 pm Post subject:

Well, Capt (with a period, however) IS the commonly used military abbreviation for Captain.

Regards,
Sgt. John

Capt Lugwash · Joined: 14 Aug 2014 Posts: 346

So it is exclusively used for military is it? From watching American programmes and films I have noticed they have Captains of police. Airlines worldwide have Captains. Restaurants have Captains. None of the aforementioned can be classed as being military.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 6:59 pm Post subject:

Yeah, and captains of industry. Even the TEFL industry. No non-military uses of Capt?Hogwash!

Capt Lugwash · Joined: 14 Aug 2014 Posts: 346

So police Captains aren't allowed, pilots are not allowed and anyone else whose job title conferred on them that title is not allowed simply because your undisclosed degree states thus?

No wonder people are chary of posting on this forum when they see such bullying going on.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 7:07 pm Post subject:

Where? Point them out. We'll have them deported east.

Capt Lugwash · Joined: 14 Aug 2014 Posts: 346

I am sure you would like that. Goodnight and don't forget to go back over old posts of mine you replied to yet forgot about, to answer your last direct question of me.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 7:24 pm Post subject:

Goodnight to you too.

If you are trying to suggest that I or anyone else here engaged in bullying, then there are procedures in place for dealing with this. However, being quick to take offence when none was offered, even quicker to accuse posters of making assumptions about you when none were actually made - not much can be done about this.

Sleep well, Capt.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 7:30 pm Post subject:

Спокойной ночи и спи спокойно!

johnslat · Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 7:41 pm Post subject:

Dear Capt Lugwash,

"So it is exclusively used for military is it?" Nope - and I didn't say it was.

"1. Captain

This all-purpose title, originally identifying the leader of any band of warriors but later formalized to refer to someone holding a specific military rank, is used in civilian contexts to refer to a sports team’s most prominent member, a successful businessperson (“captain of industry”), or any leader.

The rank originated with land-based forces but was carried over in naval contexts when military leaders took nominal command of ships for naval operations or ferrying of troops from one place to another, though the master of the ship — the owner or owner’s representative, who unlike the captain had nautical skills — actually supervised the ship’s operations. Now, any boat owner or operator is called a captain, and the commander of a naval vessel is referred to as the captain (or, less formally, the skipper) regardless of actual rank."

Regards,
John

Capt Lugwash · Joined: 14 Aug 2014 Posts: 346

I never knew that.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 6:02 am Post subject:

From the Latin, capitaneus, caput, meaning 'head'. Hence other words like capitol, capital, capitulate, recapitulate, chapter, and,grrrrrr capitalism.

buravirgil · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 7:46 am Post subject:

Sashadroogie · Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 8:42 am Post subject:

Yes, that is true for the use in a word like capitalism. But I didn't want to overload the message, and so sink the captain's vessel under the added weight. Especially for those residing in a nook trying to make peace.