please God just call it port

[TouchandFeel]

And yet, like you said, it was changed to avoid confusion to sailors in times of high activity. This being purposely coy for the sake of deep lore isn't worth the headache

My etymology post was entirely separate from the debate on whether the use of larboard adds unnecessary confusion to the specific mechanic in question in this game. The post was in response to seeing some level of confusion, such as in the post I quoted, regarding the terminology, usage and history of the words port/portside and larboard. Being familiar with the etymology and history of the words, I gave a quick summary to clear up any confusion and to promote the general spread of knowledge.

So I don't know why you are placing an etymological info dump into an oppositional position in a debate it has no stake in.

I already touched on my position as to the use of larboard in a previous post on pg.4 with my position generally being that I feel they likely did it intentionally to make it more difficult to parse and then I proposed a trick that may help people with it. At no time did I argue for or against the use of larboard and I honestly have no strong feelings either way in regards to whether the word stays or is changed in this instance. I am more invested in people learning a bit about the word and expanding their vocabulary.