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 Interesting fact ?  Not Checked but I'm Sure One of You Will Take the 
Trouble....
You know who you are.




Manure:  In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported by 
ship and it was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large 
shipments of manure were common..





It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, 
but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became heavier, but the process 
of fermentation began again, of which a by product is methane gas. As the 
stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could (and did) 
happen.



Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came below 
at night with a lantern, BOOOOM!





Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just 
what was happening



After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term "Ship 
High In Transit" on them, which meant for the sailors to stow it high enough 
off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would not 
touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane.





Thus evolved the term " S.H.I.T " , (Ship High In Transport) which has come 
down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.

You probably did not know the true history of this word.

Neither did I.

I had always thought it was a golf term

On Jul 16, 8:52 pm, "phylkat"  waffled about shit.

What a load of guano!

> Interesting fact ?  Not Checked but I'm Sure One of You Will Take the 
> Trouble....
> You know who you are.
>
> Manure:  In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported 
> by ship and it was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large 
> shipments of manure were common..
>
> It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when 
> wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became heavier, but the 
> process of fermentation began again, of which a by product is methane gas. 
> As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could (and 
> did) happen.
>
> Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came 
> below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM!
>
> Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just 
> what was happening
>
> After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term "Ship 
> High In Transit" on them, which meant for the sailors to stow it high 
> enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would 
> not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane.
>
> Thus evolved the term " S.H.I.T " , (Ship High In Transport) which has 
> come down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.
>
> You probably did not know the true history of this word.
>
> Neither did I.
>
> I had always thought it was a golf term

Utter shit, but amusing nonetheless.  The etymology is Norse, through the 
Old English.

Trent SC wrote:
>> Interesting fact ?  Not Checked but I'm Sure One of You Will Take the 
>> Trouble....
>> You know who you are.
>>
>> Manure:  In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported 
>> by ship and it was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large 
>> shipments of manure were common..
>>
>> It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when 
>> wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became heavier, but the 
>> process of fermentation began again, of which a by product is methane gas. 
>> As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could (and 
>> did) happen.
>>
>> Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came 
>> below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM!
>>
>> Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just 
>> what was happening
>>
>> After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term "Ship 
>> High In Transit" on them, which meant for the sailors to stow it high 
>> enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would 
>> not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane.
>>
>> Thus evolved the term " S.H.I.T " , (Ship High In Transport) which has 
>> come down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.
>>
>> You probably did not know the true history of this word.
>>
>> Neither did I.
>>
>> I had always thought it was a golf term
> 
> Utter shit, but amusing nonetheless.  The etymology is Norse, through the 
> Old English. 

Well, you learn something every day :-) To add to your store of 
worthless information (from Wikipedia):

Etymology

Scholars trace the word back to Old Norse origin (skīta, to defecate), 
and it is virtually certain that it was used in some form by preliterate 
Germanic tribes at the time of the Roman Empire. It was originally 
adopted into Old English as the nouns scite (dung, attested only in 
place names) and scitte (diarrhoea), and the verb scītan (to defecate, 
attested only in bescītan, to cover with excrement); eventually it 
morphed into Middle English schītte (excrement), schyt (diarrhoea) and 
shiten (to defecate). The word may be further traced to Proto-Germanic 
*skit-, and ultimately to Proto-Indo-European *skheid-. Ancient Greek 
language had 'skor' (root 'skat-' from which modern Greek 'skatá'). The 
words 'skítur' (noun) and 'skíta' (verb), still exist in the Icelandic 
language today, and in other Scandinavian languages variations of 'skit' 
are also often used.

-- 
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On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:14:49 -0700 (PDT), moghouse
 wrote:

>On Jul 16, 8:52 pm, "phylkat"  waffled about shit.
>
>What a load of guano!
Amusing enough, but utter tosh, of course, just like the Port Out
Starboard Home thing.
There's a site called World Wide Words which debunks most of these
things.

Tiddy Ogg.
http://www.tiddyogg.co.uk

>>On Jul 16, 8:52 pm, "phylkat"  waffled about shit.
>>
>>What a load of guano!
> Amusing enough, but utter tosh, of course,
> There's a site called World Wide Words which debunks most of these
> things.

  Oh! how I love to stir you all up and you fall for it every time. As soon 
as I've got something controvercial I know I must post it here then you all 
come crawling out of the woodwork.  Excellant >>>>>>  (Don't you think I 
know about WWW.?)

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:51:59 +1000, **Rowland Croucher**
<rccroucher@contactemailonwebsite> wrote:

>Trent SC wrote:
>>> Interesting fact ?  Not Checked but I'm Sure One of You Will Take the 
>>> Trouble....
>>> You know who you are.
>>>
>>> Manure:  In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be transported 
>>> by ship and it was also before commercial fertilizer's invention, so large 
>>> shipments of manure were common..
>>>
>>> It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when 
>>> wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, it not only became heavier, but the 
>>> process of fermentation began again, of which a by product is methane gas. 
>>> As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles you can see what could (and 
>>> did) happen.
>>>
>>> Methane began to build up below decks and the first time someone came 
>>> below at night with a lantern, BOOOOM!
>>>
>>> Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined just 
>>> what was happening
>>>
>>> After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the term "Ship 
>>> High In Transit" on them, which meant for the sailors to stow it high 
>>> enough off the lower decks so that any water that came into the hold would 
>>> not touch this volatile cargo and start the production of methane.
>>>
>>> Thus evolved the term " S.H.I.T " , (Ship High In Transport) which has 
>>> come down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.
>>>
>>> You probably did not know the true history of this word.
>>>
>>> Neither did I.
>>>
>>> I had always thought it was a golf term
>> 
>> Utter shit, but amusing nonetheless.  The etymology is Norse, through the 
>> Old English. 
>
>Well, you learn something every day :-) To add to your store of 
>worthless information (from Wikipedia):
>
>Etymology
>
>Scholars trace the word back to Old Norse origin (sk?ta, to defecate), 
>and it is virtually certain that it was used in some form by preliterate 
>Germanic tribes at the time of the Roman Empire. It was originally 
>adopted into Old English as the nouns scite (dung, attested only in 
>place names) and scitte (diarrhoea), and the verb sc?tan (to defecate, 
>attested only in besc?tan, to cover with excrement); eventually it 
>morphed into Middle English sch?tte (excrement), schyt (diarrhoea) and 
>shiten (to defecate). The word may be further traced to Proto-Germanic 
>*skit-, and ultimately to Proto-Indo-European *skheid-. Ancient Greek 
>language had 'skor' (root 'skat-' from which modern Greek 'skatá'). The 
>words 'skítur' (noun) and 'skíta' (verb), still exist in the Icelandic 
>language today, and in other Scandinavian languages variations of 'skit' 
>are also often used.

The Italian word is "stronso", the French soft drink is Pschit with a silent P.
-- 

Martin

**Rowland Croucher** wrote:

> Etymology [of "shit"]

...in my locale (at least) diarrhoea is often referred to as "the 
skitters" - fits the etymology (and easier to spell).

-- 
George from Cartland