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Sailing boat[edit]
Never heard the word sailboat, is that a corruption of sailing boat?
- I have come across it very occasionally, but perhaps it is more common in Leftpondia? Conrad.Irwin 16:44, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
- In the US, "sailboat" is standard, "sailing boat" utterly un-heard of. Time for some context tags. Robert Ullmann 16:48, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
- Dictionary definition of "Sailing Boat"
- Sailing boat
- • noun (N. Amer. sailboat) a boat propelled by sails
- " if there had been no island, no sailing boat, and if the lake had not been so large, the children, no doubt, would have been happy enough to paddle about with oars in the bay by the boathouse." - Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
- See Oxford English Dictionary - http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/sailingboat?view=uk
- Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary -
- http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=69470&dict=CALD
Incorrect translations[edit]
Translations should be checked. Previous Polish translation ("kuter") means in fact "cutter" and "fishing boat". I changed this one to "żaglówka", but words similar to "kuter" are present in other translations too, which suggest they may be incorrect as well. Markotek 12:24, 6 October 2010 (UTC)