October 24, 2007, 19:56
Hic et ubiqueTars at sea
This popped to mind from a post I was making in one of our other forums.
Why is a sailor called a
tar? What does his job have to do with the sticky substance?
October 25, 2007, 01:50
Richard EnglishTar used to be used to caulk the joints in wooden hulls.
October 25, 2007, 05:05
wordmaticIt's from Jack Tar, and I found
this in Wikipedia--but also saw another ghit in which the summary said it had to do with sailors' being tar covered, but then you had to pay to read the rest of the article, so I didn't.
Wordmatic