Why Is It Called a Poop Deck?
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Today we look at why the highest point on the stern of a ship is called a poop deck.
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Actually the origin of the term Bridge is an interesting one too. Early ocean going paddle steamers had a bridge connecting their Port and Starboard paddle wheel housings and this became a useful place to command the ship from, hence the bridge.
I’m trying to envision what you’re describing but it sounds so antiquated I can’t even imagine it.
the Beam of the ship, wich doesnt actually have a Beam...lol
On the poop deck, one might eventually find the Captain's log **ba dum tss**
I miss five seconds ago whe I didn't know this joke existed.
Was that near the Captain's mess?
@@LB__1 ja, der Captain made ze mess.
Actually it still has scatilogical orgins. The Puppis is the "Rear End" of the ship. Like anything living thats where the poop comes out. So the scatology of the term is still in play. The ships ass end, = poop deck.
As a kid i always thought it was called poop deck because it was the place where everyone did their business on the ship
"Lois, it is called the poop deck, that is why I pooped there"
Very underrated video and channel! Very educational!
I hope you get more recognition and subscribers.
I appreciate that!
I speak spanish. Spanish is a direct descendant of latin. Or a modern form of latin if you will. Here we say 'popa'. All this years I secretely knew poop deck could not possibly be for poop, but part of me wanted to think that anglosaxons use to poop in the popa. I still do.
How on earth does this guy not have millions of subscribers? This is Vsauce quality content right here.
Wow, thanks Sebastian! I haven't made a video in quite a while because life has been busy (good busy), but I do have plans to make more videos, especially when I see encouraging comments like this.
every time i take a poop i'm gonna say that i was taking a stern
Now we know why John named it the poop deck..
Interesting and informative video! On a side note I wonder how the sailors went to the bathroom back in 1500`s etc, on long voyages.
They would go to the head of the ship, were one would find the figurehead. Yep, the latrine was outside.
In the days of sailing ships, most ships sailed with the wind (in the same direction the wind was blowing). This made the “head” of the ship the best place to use as a latrine because the wind blew the smell on ahead of the ship, so the sailors had their “seat of ease” there where they could drop their excreta directly into the waves. (Maybe in rough weather they also got some bidet action.) The toilet on a ship or boat is still called “the head” and sailors still speak of “going to the head.”
I’ve wanted to know why of this, and thanks! I finally know! 😌
Great. Now maybe he can explain to us why it's called a beaver.
In modern standard French the word has not changed: it's still "poupe" (stern) pronounced "poop". In Italien "poppa", in Spanish "popa", in Portuguese "popa", in Romanian "pupa". So yes, it's definitely from Latin origin and for English language, through French.
We Maltese also call the stern of the boat "poppa" while the bow is called "pruwa". On a side note, the word "pupa" means "doll".
@@lukeportelli2097 Romance languages: on a side note the bow in French is "proue" (pronounced proo) and a doll is "poupée" (pronounced poopey). Quite similar, isn't it?
@@patolt1628 yes, it is similar indeed.
I remember a Simpson episode where Homer somehow became an Admiral or something and his first question was why is it called a poop deck? I have always wondered too, now I know. Homer, if you watching....
Always thought the poop deck was the deck were the ships outhouse was on .
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I remember watching a few episodes of a TV show several years that was filmed aboard an old wooden sailing ship. The ship had a pair of what amounted to outhouse seats built into the rails along the sides so the crew could relieve themselves overboard when the need arose. As I remember they were towards the rear of the ship, though not up on the poop deck. The ship had a marine toilet fitted later so the old seats aren't used anymore, but they're original to the ship so they're still there.
I've always thought the seagulls are the reason why it's called a "poop deck". Seriously, who else has ever pooped on it? Lol!
I learned recently that they're not technically seagulls. Simply called gulls.
This is a suburb lesson indeed. Interesting.
I thought a poop deck was an emergency toilet deck💩😂
Good content!!
Glad you think so!
I can tell you why Ship geek.
One night when I had too many beverages to consume.........
thanks, needed to know this.
And all this time I thought it was the poo deck.
Youd think for health reasons that you would poop off the stern to be sure its gone asap....can you imagine pooping from the fo' castle?
In some cases, the crew of sailing ships actually did use the netting on either side of the bowsprit of the ship as their latrine space...
...and here i thought the word " poop" was a crass word lol
Good Job connecting the dot. Thanks!!
Thanks, Jason!
What ghusl Janazah for janitors? Love and understanding. Ahimsa, salaam
Aaand the "back of a ship " is the stern,where people pooped over the side
Because people go there to poop? Ha ha....no, altho that's a common misconception. Come gather round, heh heh heh, AND GET THE LOWDOWN ON THE POOP DECK FROM THE CHIEF POOPER, LOL!!
i like mr krabs tells songebob to scab the poop deck lol
I thought it would be about birds pooping on the deck
I am going to buy a ship with the bathrooms (or maybe just mini-toilets, a la porta-potties) are on the poop deck!
When a shitpost prompts you to go educate yourself 💀
I thought it was because it was aliterative with "Pappy."
Interestingly the 4th funnel of Titanic was a dummy and actually contained the dog kennels so giving a whole new meaning to "poop deck " And on motor ships exhaust was discharged up the mast so often funnels were for aesthetic purposes The Danes built motor ships in the 1920's without funnels but ship owners did not like them so they started to fit cosmetic funnels Harland & Wolff built 2 large motor liners propelled by 30000 h p diesels in the late 1920's -they werevtge largest motor ships in the world at that time They had 2 squat funnels but exhaust gases were discharged through an exhaust pipe .
Puppis is a pupae that looks like a turd. It's where the crapper was.
Pop on up to the poop deck!
the ship farting from the butt
That was interesting. Now I wonder Why they started calling fecal matter poop.
I was going to ask that same question. Maybe that can be the subject of another video.
Good question. Perhaps because fecal matter comes from the "stern" of a human?
Because it comes out of your puppis
Same difference as brain matter (grey in color) which is technically the outer most part of your brain. There is also white matter which is farther in your brain.
Fecal matter is a medical term. Just as defecating is know as pooping out of your colon.
Caleb Mystery solved.
🤘😼🤘always wondered about that lol
It's called the poop deck cos that's where you go if it's sinking.
Is the poop deck really what i think it is?
Because way up there is where the sea birds land and poop?
People Order Our Patties
I found this while trying to search "poop seck"
mm poop seck
The poop is stored in the poop deck.
Is ent going to the head like bathroom. Going to the head of the ship. Where sailors went poop.
I thought it was because it was the butt of the ship, and the captain was an asshole. And like others mentioned here, its where you'll find the captains log.
Next episode suggestion: Why is it Called Grey Poupon?
Before I watch the video I'm going to guess it's because of all the seagulls doing their "doody" on it
Just call it the Stern or Stern Deck
I thought the poop deck was where the restrooms were
My dad was wrong, how can I believe anything he told me when I was a kid?
I thought it was called the poop deck because people use the bathroom was on the stern of the ship and people 💩 alot
Is the Poopdeck really what I think it is?
dont Sugar coat it they threw the poop off the back end..!
Ha! He said poop.
Would be cool if we poop on the poop deck
I have a Theory . . .
TMI
The fact that you read the Latin word with an English pronunciation is quite ridiculous. FYI, ”Puppis” in Latin is read ”Poopees”.
Its funny lol🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm quite happy to always find out our shared language (US & UK) is derived from Latin. I once had to battle someone that decided English is in fact a Germanic language 🤦♂ The guy was literally a Nazi academic. I wonder how many languages are as sturdy and receptive as English, since many words have been absorbed over time, from other languages. I would like to think this is the real reason it is the language spoken in most places. Right, I have to go. I am dying for a Stern.
English is not directly derived from Latin. It adopted a lot of Latin words, as did most other European languages. English is a horrible mixture of everything. A result of conquest upon conquest, with every new conqueror bringing something of their own. It has Latin, Germanic (not German that currently exists, the grandfather of the modern dialects), even Scandinavian elements.
@@milanmaletic3997 Now read my post again. Why have you simply repeated me and added flair? Did I say DIRECTLY derived, or did I say a collective over time. You speak like a Nazi
came from the simpsons straight here.
78 or 79 subscriber i don t know
Noice
Those jokes were so bad , you better hope no one shows you a gun deck
Nah. It's where you go to s***.
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