Interior,, insperation, a tour of USS Pampano - Page 2

arnahud2 · 10-16-12, 05:07 AM

@Vickers03 : thanks for this great job (balao interior), as usual

JuergenSchT · 10-23-12, 04:26 PM

I liked the tour. Really interesting. However,

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Originally Posted by BigWalleye

It's from Spanish, so the ao is a diphthong (pronounced together.)

In Spanish, "ao" is to be considered a hiatus, so "a" and "o" belong to two different syllables. Just my two cents.

BigWalleye · 10-23-12, 04:37 PM

Then what would be the correct Spanish pronunciation?

JuergenSchT · 10-23-12, 04:46 PM

It would be "ba-la-o" (IPA: /ba.'la.o/).

BigWalleye · 10-24-12, 01:26 PM

Was Googling when I saw a link and it dawned on me: Balao isn't Spanish. It's Portugese, with a tilde over the a. (Means "balloon" although that fish doesn't look much like one.) Heard the Portugese pronunciation on-line, but couldn't reproduce it phonetically. Doesn't matter anyway. Everyone will call it what they want.

Jeffg · 10-24-12, 07:13 PM

The On Deck color series has one called USS Pampanito by Robert C. Stern and it is a full tour of the boat outside and inside with nothing left out. This is a great book.

JeffG

yubba · 11-27-12, 08:28 PM

dust this off for the holidays

comotoasty · 11-28-12, 09:30 AM

I was in San Francisco last weekend and tried to view the sub, but the pier had no power and the sub was closed for tours. I was very disapointed. I did get to see the USS Hornet in Alameda as a consolation.

yubba · 11-28-12, 03:39 PM

At one time or another I had family so far up in the Airforce I got a first class tour of the SAC base in Omaha Nebraska even got to sit in the pilot seat of Looking Glass the 707 type back in the day,, on my 16th birthday, they look more roomy on TV and what did I go and do,,, join the Marines.

10-16-12, 05:07 AM	#16
arnahud2 Frogman Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 308 Downloads: 724 Uploads: 0	@Vickers03 : thanks for this great job (balao interior), as usual __________________

10-24-12, 07:13 PM	#21
Jeffg Exec Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: ponte vedra beach,fl Posts: 249 Downloads: 1661 Uploads: 0	The On Deck color series has one called USS Pampanito by Robert C. Stern and it is a full tour of the boat outside and inside with nothing left out. This is a great book. JeffG __________________ Jeff Gerbert

11-28-12, 09:30 AM	#23
comotoasty Seaman Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Atlantic Coast, USA Posts: 38 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	I was in San Francisco last weekend and tried to view the sub, but the pier had no power and the sub was closed for tours. I was very disapointed. I did get to see the USS Hornet in Alameda as a consolation. __________________ USNR/SeaBee-CE1 (SCW) "We Build, We Fight"

10-23-12, 04:37 PM	#18
BigWalleye Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: On the Eye-lond, mon! Posts: 1,987 Downloads: 465 Uploads: 0	Then what would be the correct Spanish pronunciation?

10-23-12, 04:46 PM	#19
JuergenSchT Sailor man Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Trujillo, Peru Posts: 45 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	It would be "ba-la-o" (IPA: /ba.'la.o/).

10-24-12, 01:26 PM	#20
BigWalleye Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: On the Eye-lond, mon! Posts: 1,987 Downloads: 465 Uploads: 0	Was Googling when I saw a link and it dawned on me: Balao isn't Spanish. It's Portugese, with a tilde over the a. (Means "balloon" although that fish doesn't look much like one.) Heard the Portugese pronunciation on-line, but couldn't reproduce it phonetically. Doesn't matter anyway. Everyone will call it what they want.

11-27-12, 08:28 PM	#22
yubba Admiral Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: in a neighborhood near you Posts: 2,478 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 2	dust this off for the holidays

11-28-12, 03:39 PM	#24
yubba Admiral Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: in a neighborhood near you Posts: 2,478 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 2	At one time or another I had family so far up in the Airforce I got a first class tour of the SAC base in Omaha Nebraska even got to sit in the pilot seat of Looking Glass the 707 type back in the day,, on my 16th birthday, they look more roomy on TV and what did I go and do,,, join the Marines.