battleship

[Dave Wilton]

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From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
William Palmer
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 4:02 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: battleship

>It seems to me that the Royal Navy give names to their bases, too. As I
>recall from way long ago, the RN base in Bahrain was known as "HMS (her
>majesty's station, I think) Terror".  Enjoyed many a Double Diamond at the
>Crypt Club there, in the company of our allies.


The US military does this as well. We have Camp Victory, Camp Striker, and
Camp Slayer in Iraq.

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