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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
In English "stem" has no special meaning other than to stop something happening, as in "stem the tide". The problem is that in English any word used as a verb, in company with "her", can and will become a sexual reference. Witness the comment directly above this. This is the real reason English is the dominant language.  |
And, purely by coincidence, the international language of both aviators and sailors.
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At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true
When here they’ve done their duty
The bowl of grog shall still renew
And pledge to love and beauty.
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