On 01/22/2018 12:52 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On 1/22/18 1:45 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 1/22/2018 2:27 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:


But then there are pool decks, which are concrete at ground level too.
It gets a bit confusing.

Not to mention decks on ships. And the poop deck.

Is poop not American English for ****?


Yes, but is is also the name of the highest deck on a ship. Goes back
to the old sailing ships.

I was curious about the why of it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poop_deck

Figures the French would have something to do with it...