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Interesting discussion on what "Topside" means. In the Navy, Topside Design means anything that is not below the main deck. It generally pertains to antenna placement but includes boats, life rails, guns, decoy launchers, storage lockers, lights, signal halyards, etc. I never knew that Websters defines it as the basically freeboard portion of the gunwale.
And don't forget about those NUCULAR powered ships. Even the Commander in Chief gets this one wrong. I thought only Democrats mispronounced Nuclear. Of course he sometimes acts like one.
For some reason, many people call it neopreem, and there is no such elastomer with that name. Neoprene has many different uses, one of which is vibration isolation.
I hear it all the time when hunting..."my neopreem waders are all tore up...and my neopreem gloves leak like crazy..."
Kamper has the same Webster's as me
WEBSTER'S II,
top-side 1. n The upper parts of a ship above the main deck.
2. The highest position of authority - adv & adj 1. On or to the upper parts of a ship: on deck 2. In a position of authority.
Dave
Here's another one that almost everyone says incorrectly. OrangaTAN is not pronounced OrangaTANG. What the heck does this have to do with boats you might ask? Example: "Some Orangatan just launched his boat without the plug in it." Wasn't TANG that nasty powdered orange drink from the 70s? Then of course there's another kind of TANG that Ted Nugent wrote a song about.
Glad to see you have carporches in LA we have them in NC also. When you get through cleaning those fish don't forget to "rinch" out the "Zinc" so you don't leave scales in the drain. I also hate it when my truck cranks off.
jeffscout,I have found 8 web site that have either missplled it or there is another product.Also maybe 25 web sites in german referring to neopreem,cant read german so I dont know what they are talking about.
Not trying to be the smart ass of the group, but I believe the confusion between neopreen and neopreem is due to a German translation. Neopreen was invented by an American, Dr. Wallace
Carothers, for the Dupont Company ( he also gave us nylon) which was in need of a synthetic rubber.
A company from Germany markets an isolation and damping product called " Sorbothane". This material is a thermoset, plyether-based material. Many brochures advertise this mmaterial as having strength and non memory of "neopreem".
I would add more, but I need to check my chimbly before I need a fire in the fire place. If I aint to tired, I'm going down the screet to get me some shcrimp to boil.
I wuz thinking about this while I wuz driving my Bruick down the screet. I axed the man beside me if he thought it was neoprene or neopreem. He didn't know, but he said somebody in Chicargo might know...
There are hits on "neopreem" and "neopreme" but most of them are retail sites. I didn't really see any that were technical or engineering in nature. Neoprene on the other hand brings up many more sites, both retail and technical.
I, too, am lacking in my German, so I don't have a clue what they are saying.
I think you spelled it better than I did. We certainly are talking about the same thing
Another one that comes to mind down here is the part of the fish that you typically eat, and the knife used to cut it out. I've always called it a filet ("fill-ey") knife. Down here in cajun-land, it is a "fee-lay" knife.
Speech is certainly a unique thing--among many--down here!
Funny boat show comment... 
It is NEOPRENE, you can read all about it at:
