Tag Archives: Pompey

You villainous rapparee…

January 10, 2008 – 3:07 pm

You villainous rapparee This is slang from the 19th C. Click on More to translate the exchange between Thomas and Kipper.

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Portsmouth Naval Research Center, PNRC

December 31, 2007 – 2:53 pm

The Portsmouth Naval Research Centre (PNRC) was invented for my story.

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Portsmouth, or Pompey

December 31, 2007 – 2:07 pm

Portsmouth is called Pompey by all members of the Royal Navy and by its locals. It is today one of the RN’s principal ports.

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