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Re: Other: Folbot Blow up Pontoons
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 11/1/2007, 4:38 pm
In Response To: Re: Other: Folbot Blow up Pontoons (John Monroe)

: Hi Bill,

: Sometimes I choose my words carefully and other times I am pretty sloppy.
: This time I was careful. On the Fulbot site they are called pontoons. I
: ordered by phone since I had a special order and the lady called them
: pontoons. And on the Fulbot Forum they are usually called pontoons. So I
: think the nomenclature isn't as important as the understanding of what one
: is talking about. Someone on this board who just wants pontoons (AMA's) to
: stabilize their kayak or canoe for fishing or as in your case to take
: photos may not know what an ama or aka is, but they ususally know what a
: pontoon is or a cross bar or outrigger bar. So I use plain language words
: allot. My spell check doesn’t understand the words AKA or AMA.

: Cheers,
: John

It's a different language, Polynesian, probably why it doesn't work with spell check :) They invented the multihull, so we use their terminology.

Bill H.

Messages In This Thread

Other: Folbot Blow up Pontoons *Pic*
John Monroe -- 10/31/2007, 5:18 am
Kabloona
John Monroe -- 11/2/2007, 2:00 am
Re: Other: Folbot Blow up Pontoons
Bill Hamm -- 11/1/2007, 1:07 am
Re: Other: Folbot Blow up Pontoons
John Monroe -- 11/1/2007, 3:17 am
Re: Other: Folbot Blow up Pontoons
Bill Hamm -- 11/1/2007, 4:38 pm
Spell Checked in Time for Halloween
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/1/2007, 10:14 am
Re: Spell Checked in Time for Halloween
TOM RAYMOND -- 11/1/2007, 10:52 am
Re: Spell Checked in Time for Halloween
Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/1/2007, 11:31 am
Re: Other: Folbot Blow up Pontoons
Mike Savage -- 11/1/2007, 7:14 am