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This video is going to discuss the origins and roots of the saying 'knows the ropes', a phrase with its origins in naval history whose meaning has morphed quite a bit from its original meaning.
Sources:
The Naval Heritage Foundation - United States Navy
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I'm Imperial Scribe, I make animations about military and naval history as well as war theory. I put out 1-2 major battle videos per month with a number of shorter videos in between.
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The Battle Of Rorke's Drift
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Why Did Sailors Swab The Deck?
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Upcoming videos:
June:
The Battle of Isandlawanda [full length]
The Battle of Roarks Drift [full length]
Ship of the line [Short length]
Origin: Three Sheets to the Wind [Short length]
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Music:
Tenderness - Bensound
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FarAway - Copyrightfreemusic
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May include miscellaneous licensed stock art.
Information is derived from a number of historical sources including websites, historians, and literature. The fog of history is a real thing, even relatively recent events often have sources in disagreement or relying on one another. When possible information is derived from first-hand sources and where not possible information is found by taking multiple second-hand sources. It is not possible for anyone to guarantee perfect historical accuracy, but I do my absolute best to ensure that all information in my videos is well sourced and backed up by historical sources and evidence.
Another interesting watch, I hadn't even known the phrase came from sailors actually.
As for the visuals.. the stretched out "Impact" text seems to betray the overall theme of the aesthetics here. I'd opt for a typeface that looks "handwritten" instead, it just looks better on those worn-paper textboxes.
The show really has the marks to be truly entertaining here at NG for sure.
Thanks.
I would argue that even today using this expression of knowing the ropes means only the stable baseline of competency - at least that is how somewhat smart people who know the ropes of logic and language use it.