Comments on: Turtle Hull http://www.word-detective.com/2011/08/turtle-hull/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Barney Smith http://www.word-detective.com/2011/08/turtle-hull/comment-page-1/#comment-54620 Barney Smith Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:42:22 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5346#comment-54620 Look at old cars from the forties and early fifties and you will see that the trunk lid resembles a turtle hull. A turtle shell that has had the turtle "hulled" out of it. Look at old cars from the forties and early fifties and you will see that the trunk lid resembles a turtle hull. A turtle shell that has had the turtle “hulled” out of it.

]]> By: Loryia Bond http://www.word-detective.com/2011/08/turtle-hull/comment-page-1/#comment-36208 Loryia Bond Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:59:56 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5346#comment-36208 My Aunt in West Virginia always called the trunk of the car the 'Turtle' - fascination with word origins! Thanks for the forum! My Aunt in West Virginia always called the trunk of the car the ‘Turtle’ – fascination with word origins! Thanks for the forum!

]]> By: B.K. Warfield http://www.word-detective.com/2011/08/turtle-hull/comment-page-1/#comment-34374 B.K. Warfield Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:47:20 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5346#comment-34374 My grandparents in east Texas called the car trunk the "turtle hull" but never explained why. I've wondered whether it was a corruption of the term "turtle hold" on old sailing ships. They also used "car shed" for garage or carport. My grandparents in east Texas called the car trunk the “turtle hull” but never explained why. I’ve wondered whether it was a corruption of the term “turtle hold” on old sailing ships. They also used “car shed” for garage or carport.

]]> By: Louise Hope http://www.word-detective.com/2011/08/turtle-hull/comment-page-1/#comment-22825 Louise Hope Thu, 08 Sep 2011 20:40:58 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5346#comment-22825 >> I wonder if there are any other bits of cars where we’re separated by our common language? << Most bits, I think. Or parts, as we say in the US. Windscreen : windshield. >> I wonder if there are any other bits of cars where we’re separated by our common language? <<

Most bits, I think. Or parts, as we say in the US. Windscreen : windshield.

]]> By: Vic Parrish http://www.word-detective.com/2011/08/turtle-hull/comment-page-1/#comment-21613 Vic Parrish Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:32:48 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5346#comment-21613 I always thought the origin of "tump" was a sort of mish-mash of "tip" and "dump", which in the circumstances I've heard people use it made perfect sense. I always thought the origin of “tump” was a sort of mish-mash of “tip” and “dump”, which in the circumstances I’ve heard people use it made perfect sense.

]]> By: Steve Parkes http://www.word-detective.com/2011/08/turtle-hull/comment-page-1/#comment-21601 Steve Parkes Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:03:47 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=5346#comment-21601 Boot: I was told some decades ago that "boot" comes from the French "boite" [circumflex-i], meaning "box". Almost the same as "trunk"; likewise "bonnet"/"hood". I wonder if there are any other bits of cars where we're separated by our common language? Boot: I was told some decades ago that “boot” comes from the French “boite” [circumflex-i], meaning “box”. Almost the same as “trunk”; likewise “bonnet”/”hood”.

I wonder if there are any other bits of cars where we’re separated by our common language?

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