Show THE ROMANCE OF OF WORDS GO GOB GOB B J JUST JUST as the American soldier J entered a vivid vivid- protest against being known as a n Sammy Sammy Sammy Sam my or any of ot the other made home-made terms which were coined as ns synonyms the tie American American Amer Amer- ican sailor has has always always always' objected to Jackie the Jackie the name which winch has been applied to him by a number of ot writers whose knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of ot the sea was gleaned from an nn occasional glimpse of ot the docks Jack Is allowed to pass unchallenged but Jackie Ta ck Ie being a diminutive and smacking of ot the effeminate and childish always s 's causes the sallo sailor to wince His own name for himself Is gob gob a a term which dates back to the middle middle mid mid- dle die of ot the last century when Perry made made- his bis Asiatic tion It was at this time that the orientals first applied the name to the American sailors and ond when the AmerIcan American American Ameri- Ameri can naval Asiatic station was later established the title persIsted persisted persisted per per- to such an extent that the sailors brought It home borne with t them gradually spreading I S th throughout the entire navy Davy under un un under der the shortened form Corm of I gob Copyright ht v f. f r 1 |