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posted by [personal profile] elanya at 11:13am on 20/07/2006 under ,
Terminologically speaking, do ships have windows? I think portholes are a specific kind of window, and now really what I mean. I am thinking what you would look out if you were standing on the bridge. I keep thinking view port, but maybe that is just having watched too much Star Trek. I can't find anything online, of course. Everything I'm turning up is mostly age of sail stuff. *sigh*
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posted by [identity profile] wererogue.livejournal.com at 03:16pm on 20/07/2006
I think they're still windows if they're actually windows. Port holes are a specific kind of window...
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posted by [identity profile] lord-mallory.livejournal.com at 03:32pm on 20/07/2006
I seem to recall that on warships they are called 'screens'. But I'd check that if I were you.
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posted by [identity profile] elanya.livejournal.com at 03:45pm on 20/07/2006
well, this isn't for a warship - just a research vessel, but I'm still not sure. Stupid ships and their tricksy terminology! Why can't they have doors and stairs and windows like everything else!
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posted by [identity profile] naja-pallida.livejournal.com at 07:54pm on 20/07/2006
Portholes are specifically below deck windows, I would guess anything above deck is just called a window. :)
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