>>Dragan

>Thanks - duly bookmarked and left for later, when these ships stop flying around.
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>There's a naval base nearby, so I figure these flying things must be ships. What else would they be? Dirigibles don't make so much noise.

What are you talking about? Real blimps?

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>BTW, word "posh" comes from Romani. Just found that out yesterday.

Did you get that from the URL? The book/series delves a lot into Romani influence on English, especially up in the NE -Jordie (spelling?) dialect. e.g "Raj dyoogle" (spelling?) is a mad dog, "barry yag" - a good fire/blaze.

One drivation (possibly apochryphal) I've heard is it stands for "Port Outward - Starboard Home" dating back to rich liner passengers who had the cabins facing away from the dock. Of course, this assumes that ships always berth facing a particular way and doesn't really make sense to me.