On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 21:11:34 +0100, Timothy Collinson wrote:

>While I've got my dictionary out, it says bow as in weapon rather than ship
>for the whale.  So it seems you were hearing it correctly.
>
>In Moby Dick it's the 'right whale' which simplifies things!

Would that be "right" as in "left", or "right" as in "wrong"? From the
spelling, it's not "rite" as in "ceremony" or "write" as in "speak"...

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