My biggest pet peeve

I have one very BIG pet peeve when it comes to talking about cruises and cruise ships.

My pet peeve is referring to a cruise ship as a boat!!!  ggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…………………..

Cruise ships are not boats. They’re SHIPS!! 

Please don’t call a cruise ship a boat.

The reason is this. You can put a boat on a ship, but you CANNOT put a ship on a boat. There is a difference!!

A boat is something such as a “row boat.”  A boat is: a small vessel for travel on water. Note the word “small.”

Recently, RCCL and USAToday held this contest for a “Reporter at Sea” where the winner would get a free 4-day cruise aboard the Oasis of the Seas on a “preview” cruise departing Nov 18th. The “reporter” would provide reports about this new SHIP.  Note ship — not a boat.  Ship, ship, ship!!!

Oasis of the Seas is the BIGGEST cruise SHIP ever built. It’s phenominal. It’s unbelievable in size. Yet the winner of the USA Today contest repeatedly refers to the Oasis of the Seas as a BOAT in her winning video. What is wrong with her? I cannot believe she won when she refers to this amazing ship as a boat.  It’s a SHIP!

Uggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh………it drives this cruise addict in sane.

Watch for yourself by clicking here.

I just don’t get it. How can you win a be a reporter when you refer to this amazing SHIP as a BOAT!!!!

Dr Kruz Nutty