Re: Rant Warning below

[agoodall@xxxxxxx]

Indy wrote:

> Pretty much, yeah. And JMS even stated in one of his posts that
> he thought "destroyer" sounded neater than "cruiser" (after all,
> it's meant to *destroy*, not *cruise*).

He's got a point. What he doesn't know is that "destroyer" originally came from the term "torpedo boat destroyer", a ship designed at the turn of the 20th Century to take on torpedo boats (and also carry out many of the same functions as a torpedo boat). Eventually it was just shortened to "destroyer".

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Allan Goodall              agoodall@att.net
http://www.hyperbear.com   agoodall@hyperbear.com
> Roger Burton West wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 08:08:46AM -0600, Doug Evans wrote:
> > 
> > >Natch, in B5, where the largest ship the
> > >humans have is a 'destroyer', it's obvious, you can get away with fudge.
> > 
> > My understanding is that Straczynski and Ellison intended to use naval
> > terms, but didn't actually know them well enough to use them correctly
> > and didn't bother to hire an advisor.
> 
> Pretty much, yeah. And JMS even stated in one of his posts that
> he thought "destroyer" sounded neater than "cruiser" (after all,
> it's meant to *destroy*, not *cruise*).
> 
> Mk