06-15-2016, 08:17 AM
(06-15-2016, 12:12 AM)Ulvetanna_imp Wrote: Port is a wine. A proper sailor would call it larboard. Always deploy the mainstand from the larboard side of your motorcycle.
I don't wish to be picky, but a 'proper' sailor who referred to the port side of his vessel as 'larboard' would by now be in an advanced state of decomposition. I can't date it exactly, but it appears the usage changed in the early to mid 19th century due to problems caused by the similar sound of the words. ([url=http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/01/the-origin-of-port-and-starboard/]reference)

