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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? Faldage #198755 04/04/11 02:47 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky rotation about the z-axis yaw. Um...if the ship is in dead calm water, with the bow and the stern facing north and south, then yaw would mean that the displacement stays the same but the ends are moving towards NNE + SSW or NNW + SSE? Staying (more or less) on the same plane but pointing in a different direction? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? fredw 04/02/11 07:32 AM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? Faldage 04/02/11 10:06 AM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? Tromboniator 04/02/11 10:10 AM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? Faldage 04/02/11 10:21 AM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? LukeJavan8 04/02/11 02:58 PM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? Candy 04/03/11 11:27 AM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? Faldage 04/03/11 09:33 PM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? LukeJavan8 04/03/11 09:52 PM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? Jackie 04/04/11 02:47 AM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? tsuwm 04/04/11 03:15 AM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? Jackie 04/05/11 02:21 AM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? Faldage 04/03/11 11:18 PM Re: etymology of yawl: yaw + awl? LukeJavan8 04/04/11 02:27 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,412 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 953 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 27 LukeJavan8 4 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,583 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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