Another question! Born of ignorance...
Jan. 31st, 2011 06:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
desperanceIs there an extant generic word for vessels that occupy fixed positions at sea - light-ships, eg, stationed on particular sandbanks; or possibly floating oil-rigs, and like that? Vessels that you might call buoy-ships and hope to be understood?
And, by extension, has anyone extended such a word to spaceships similarly fixed, in geostationary orbits or at Lagrange points or whatever?
('Cos if not, I'm just going to make it up, but, y'know. If there is a word already, it doesn't hurt to use it.)
ETA: in other news, I've only just realised, I have non-ironically adopted (in my head) the US pronunciation of "buoy". First time I heard it, I didn't understand it. Then I figured it out, and laughed at it. Then it became commonplace. And now, as I say, I do it myself (in my head). Because of course the UK pronunciation is simply "boy", and that way lie - well. Carry-On movies, among other things. Innuendi.
And, by extension, has anyone extended such a word to spaceships similarly fixed, in geostationary orbits or at Lagrange points or whatever?
('Cos if not, I'm just going to make it up, but, y'know. If there is a word already, it doesn't hurt to use it.)
ETA: in other news, I've only just realised, I have non-ironically adopted (in my head) the US pronunciation of "buoy". First time I heard it, I didn't understand it. Then I figured it out, and laughed at it. Then it became commonplace. And now, as I say, I do it myself (in my head). Because of course the UK pronunciation is simply "boy", and that way lie - well. Carry-On movies, among other things. Innuendi.