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What's an interesting etymology for a common term? (feddit.uk)
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[–] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

A lot of naval radio lingo is based on poorly pronounced French.

Source: Certified radio operator. I don't speak French, but I still need to say "Seelonce fini" (probably not spelled like that) from time to time. And there's the periodic "securitee"-broadcasts.

There's also "pan pan", but I'm not sure if that's French.
EDIT: It's also from French, derived from "panne"

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