U – Under the Weather, – Upper case / Lower case, – Umble pie…

Under the weather – yet another sailor’s term! You have to remember that in the days of wooden sailing ships, the crew were mostly barefoot (which is why the deck had to be sanded free of splinters every day) and except in voyages to regions of extreme cold, or during storms when they had some … Continue reading U – Under the Weather, – Upper case / Lower case, – Umble pie…