A long rode to ho. Does spelling count?

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rekamlias

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Why is this so Misspelled?
It is a Nautical Term
Mispelled for years, making many people think is is mispoken and or mispronounced
A long rode to ho.
It is not mispronounced it is misspelled.
Rode is a length of chain and rope that is put out from the ship to the anchor. A long rode is required when it is windy or stormy. To pull a rope on a ship is to ho. Hence the term "Heave Ho" the group will advance on the rope on the command Heave and pull on the command Ho. If it is stormy and or windy the long rode to ho is hard work and takes a long time to acomplish.
Invision Popeye saying "It's a long rode to ho." Now doesn't that make a lot more sence?​




 
kloudie1

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OK, I'll give ya that but in agrarian terms it is a "long row to hoe" from the times when people used hoes (the long wood handle with a blade on the end, not a street walker) to chop weeds out of the cotton crops that are grown on raised dirt rows.. A big cotton field would have many long rows to hoe before all the weeds and cockleburrs were out of the growing cotton.. It may have developed from the nautical terms..??
 
zeehag

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long row to hoe is not from nautical terms. i havent ever heard he long rode to ho one.
of course, a tall sunset strip hooker could be a long ho to rode....
 
zeehag

zeehag

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oops was duplicated...:eek:
 
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Todd Smith

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As a teenager I worked on a farm in the summers. We use hoes to weed in the cotton and soybean fields. All the rows were long. No ocean in sight.
 
Freedom77

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It's how far you drive from Las Vegas to the Chicken Ranch brothel in Pahrump, Nevada:eek::D:cussing:;):evil: Did I say that??
 
Ron20324

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I've also heard, "you have a tough row to hoe", as in the ground was full of rocks or roots, which meant whatever your intended plan or course was, you will have difficulties in doing so.
 
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rekamlias said:
Why is this so Misspelled?
It is a Nautical Term
Mispelled for years, making many people think is is mispoken and or mispronounced
A long rode to ho.
It is not mispronounced it is misspelled.
Rode is a length of chain and rope that is put out from the ship to the anchor. A long rode is required when it is windy or stormy. To pull a rope on a ship is to ho. Hence the term "Heave Ho" the group will advance on the rope on the command Heave and pull on the command Ho. If it is stormy and or windy the long rode to ho is hard work and takes a long time to acomplish.
Invision Popeye saying "It's a long rode to ho." Now doesn't that make a lot more sence?​
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Puh-leez. This is complete bullsh*t. Remember that Wikipedia is populated with submissions from regular people, many of whom are idiots. As previously mentioned, the phrase is, "A long row to hoe," and it comes from farming, not sailing.
 
kloudie1

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I dunno, Karen.. could be like when I took my ex wife (maden name Long) out in the dink.. A Long hoe to row
 
zeehag

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Mar 26, 2009
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kloudie--i LOVE that one-- is better than mine--i knew i had the words in wrong sequence....
 
zeehag

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Paul Brinkley said:
You guys (& gal) have way too much time on your hands... Go sailing!! -Paul
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i did--am waiting for hurrycames to go away... will take until november.....am in mazatlan repairing my boat yet again...LOL.....
 
Stu Jackson

Stu Jackson

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Feb 26, 2004
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Spelling DOES count

I think we've all seen that internet message/email that had two or three paragraphs with every word completely and deliberately misspelled, yet we could all read and understand it.

It was intended to show that spelling doesn't count anymore.

Nonsense!

Think about it: ya need to spell correctly to do a SEARCH on the internet or any search engine.

And I'm lead to understand that certain historical records on wikipedia are being deliberately changed by certain political establishment folks - and it ain't the left wing, either...

And I'm very surprised that no one expressed societal concern about the use of the word "ho". :naughty:

Not enough folks online from Berkeley I guess. :eek:

Hey, zeehag, what needs to be fixed now?
 
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Steve Dion

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Stu:

You don't need to be from Bizerkly to know Ho! We raise them in Nevada (Bunny Ranch, Chicken Ranch any ranch! <g>
 
zeehag

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Mar 26, 2009
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stu--i got a formosa-- formosa my life she will need something fixed or repaired-- mebbe she was made by ford..LOL..
i have to do some sail repairs and some electrical repairs , add a transducer and map chips for garmin 498, add more cabinet work, rig her for a forestaysail, find stuff n stuff n winches and other stuff.....
cruising is merely sailing from one place wherein one must await mother nature and fix a boat to another place wherein one must await mother nature as well as fix boat.....the sunrises and sunsets are just different and food is a lot cheaper .....LOL--so are boat parts and repairs....LOL many things are really absurdly high in usa.
but the engine is about perfect ... for the moment....

berserkely
 
Stu Jackson

Stu Jackson

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Oh yeah, sweetie, but your'e THERE, and I'm not. Seriously thinking about getting a plane ticket, but that's 'cuz I just came back from a great sail with a good friend...

Heck, it's a BOAT.

Always somethin'; to fix...:):):)
 
zeehag

zeehag

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Mar 26, 2009
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stu--is why they are so much fun...LOL
any time ye wanna come down is all goood-----cheep here--even decent hotels are only 25 dollars per nite..LOL..... but then is hurrycame season.
 
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