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		int_19h on April 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of... Although from the same perspective the phonetic similarity "port" and "board" is probably not ideal, either.

wpietri on April 20, 2023 [–]

In practice, and perhaps because of this, the pronunciation of "starboard" is heavy on the "star", with the latter part ending up more like "brd" or "b'd". Indeed, you can find the word written as "starb'd".

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