Brits Flown Home from Crippled MSC Opera as Cruise Is Cut Short

[LauraS]

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Brits Flown Home from Crippled MSC Opera as Cruise Is Cut Short

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[Cuizer2]

These ships seem to be designed with too many single fault total failure points.

[William Dean]

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Brits Flown Home from Crippled MSC Opera as Cruise Is Cut Short

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Do you have to refer to Brits? I, for one, find it offensive. I understand many Americans feel the same of "Yank".

The word is Britons, which doesn't carry the negative stereotypes of "Brits".

WD

[Cuizer2]

Do you have to refer to Brits? I, for one, find it offensive. I understand many Americans feel the same of "Yank".

The word is Britons, which doesn't carry the negative stereotypes of "Brits".

WD

I wasn't aware "Brits" had any negative connotation. The same with "Yanks". If Yanks has a negative connotation I am not aware of it.

That said, since it is likely that not everyone on the cruise was from England, I would have referred to the "passengers" rather than any one nationality.

[SwissDave]

I wasn't aware "Brits" had any negative connotation. The same with "Yanks". If Yanks has a negative connotation I am not aware of it.

That said, since it is likely that not everyone on the cruise was from England, I would have referred to the "passengers" rather than any one nationality.

A 'Brit' is not someone just from England.

A 'Briton' is someone who can come from England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland.

I also don't like the word 'Brits', it give off bad vibes to us Britons.

As for 'single fault total failure points', it looks like it was the main elctrical power distribution board that failed. There will be a backup for essential emergency systems on board the ship. If you want full redundancy for every single component then be prepared to pay double the fare.

At least MSC seems to have got everyone to a port in the best possible time and arranged flights et all for those who needed them. I understand they will receive a refund for the cruise in the form of a credit to be used by end of next year, so not bad IMO considering this happened toward the very end of the cruise.

[CruisinMaterial]

Wow... STX EUROPE strikes again! They build crap ships and here's another testament to it. Same goofs tried to ignite the EPIC several times before she was delivered and now this comes up. Lesson to be learned: You want quality, don't go to FRANCE!!!! :p:eek::p

[phlebsup]

Do you have to refer to Brits? I, for one, find it offensive. I understand many Americans feel the same of "Yank".

The word is Britons, which doesn't carry the negative stereotypes of "Brits".

WD


What about Limey?? LOL

Im a YANK and proud of it - no offense here over a word - why does everyone have to be so politically correct?

[Bella cruiser]

Wow, I had no idea that being referred to as 'Brits' was offensive (I thought it was just short for British). This is a little confusing as I have seen your own people refer to themselves a such:confused::confused:. What affectionate diminuitive is it OK to call you?

[Cuizer2]

As for 'single fault total failure points', it looks like it was the main elctrical power distribution board that failed. There will be a backup for essential emergency systems on board the ship. If you want full redundancy for every single component then be prepared to pay double the fare.

You don't need full redundancy for every single component. As for electrical power it can be separated, so that at worst you only loose have with a single failure.

[William Dean]

Wow, I had no idea that being referred to as 'Brits' was offensive (I thought it was just short for British). This is a little confusing as I have seen your own people refer to themselves a such:confused::confused:. What affectionate diminuitive is it OK to call you?

I don't actually like shortened names at all.

So if you wish to refer to those from Britain, you may choose from the British or Britons, as you prefer.

WD

[Cuizer2]

Do you have to refer to Brits? I, for one, find it offensive. I understand many Americans feel the same of "Yank".

The word is Britons, which doesn't carry the negative stereotypes of "Brits".

WD

I don't actually like shortened names at all.

So if you wish to refer to those from Britain, you may choose from the British or Britons, as you prefer.

WD

Okay, so which is it? Does the term "Brits" carry a negative connotation or are shortened names just a pet peeve or yours.

Again, I live in the US and I have never heard any negative connotation associated with the term "Yanks". You seem not to like the term simply because it is short for Yankee. But that does not mean it has any negative connotation. It is no different than referring to William as Will or Bill. Back a few years ago we had a president named William Jefferson Clinton. However, he was better known as Bill Clinton.

[William Dean]

Okay, so which is it? Does the term "Brits" carry a negative connotation or are shortened names just a pet peeve or yours.

Both. At least in this context.

Again, I live in the US and I have never heard any negative connotation associated with the term "Yanks".

I may be wrong in this case then - but I understood that in some parts of America it wasn't a term that was liked - and that dated back to the Civil War. If I'm wrong, then so be it.

WD

[Cuizer2]

I may be wrong in this case then - but I understood that in some parts of America it wasn't a term that was liked - and that dated back to the Civil War. If I'm wrong, then so be it.

WD

The north was known as the Yankees or Yanks for short. So to a southerner the term Yankee or Yanks might have a negative meaning. However, do you think the New York Yankees professional baseball team would have the name Yankees if the term had a negative meaning?

[sand dollar26]

Good point, Cruizer 2. I am a New Yorker and was never offended by the word, "Yank." Here in NY we love the Yankees baseball team and often refer to them as the, "Yanks." I do use the term, "Brits" and if I have offended anyone, I apologize. If it is offensive I will have to be more politically correct.

[Krazy Kruizers]

It is a shame that their cruise ended in such a way.

Thankfully no one was injured.