To: Ed Winchester
Prior to going into U S Coast Guard Aviation I spent 14 months on the USCGC Tupelo (WAGL 303) which was a sea going Buoy Tender. I have gone out on a 26-foot motor lifeboat on many occasions and installed acetylene tanks and batteries on various types of Buoys. If I ever referred to a buoy as a boy I would have been kicked overboard. It seems that once again it is a matter of pronunciation and that depends on which side of the Atlantic you reside on.
Even the spelling of the name of the service is different. We call it the Coast Guard and the English and Canadians call it the coastguard. I would say we are correct as we invented the Coast Guard in 1790 although at that time it was called the Revenue Cutter Service.
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The Cat
[This message has been edited by Lu Zuckerman (edited 02 April 2001).]
[This message has been edited by Lu Zuckerman (edited 02 April 2001).]