Symbolism: Associated with countries and regions | Associated with sport | Miscellaneous
001 – In nautical terminology there is the term “turtling”, “turn turtle” meaning the overturning of the ship “upside down” – so that only the bottom of the boat is visible, its streamlined shape may resemble a turtle.
Sources: Wikipedia, Sailing Fundamentals w Googlebooks, fssa.com
002 – The Turle Knot, named after Major William Greer Turle, is sometimes incorrectly called “turtle knot” – because of the similarity between the major’s name and the word Turtle.
Sources: Wikipedia, netknots.com
003 – In the USA and Canada the distinctive type of clothing that also covers the neck, it is called “Turtle Neck”.
Sources: Wikipedia, collinsdictionary.com
004 – In Mongolia, miners searching for gold in unofficial “mines” are called “ninja miners”, because the bowl they use to search – their carry it on their backs, what makes them look like Ninja Turtles.
Sources: Wikipedia, money.cnn.com
005 – The card game “golf” is also known as “Turtle”.
Sources: Wikipedia, pagat.com, youtube.com
006 – The CB radio slang used by American drivers uses the term “turtle race”, referring to cases where two trucks driving at very similar speed are going side by side, blocking the possibility of overtaking them.
Sources: Wikipedia, abouttruckdriving.com
007 – In the English language, there is the phrase “Tom, Dick and Harry”, sometimes in the version “Tom, Dick or Harry”, referring to several (in the first) or one (in the second) person, meaning as much as “all/anyone” . We mention this, because the three turtles that Charles Darwin brought with him from the Galapagos were given such names (however, when it turned out that Harry was a female, she was renamed Harriet).
Sources: Wikipedia, monumentaustralia.org.au, collinsdictionary.com
008 – The bag in which the Spinnaker is stored (a type of convex sail, used mainly on sports vessels) is called a turtle.
Sources: Wikipedia, hydesailsdirect.com
009 – The “Mk III helmet”, used by the British during WWII, was sometimes called a “turtle” due to its shape.
Sources: Wikipedia, iwm.org.uk
