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Does anyone know how to pronounce "Slocum"? Is it "SLOCK-um" or "SLOAK-um"?
Everyone I have ever heard say it says the latter, SLOAK-um or SLOKE-um. That includes people whose last name's are Slocum. These are people from New England anyway, perhaps there are regional differences. Glippy0005:20, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Slocum claims in (Sailing Alone) that he considers himself a Yankee. Is this worth mentioning? I like calling him Canadian, but if he didn't call himself Canadian I don't know if it's entirely proper. Andrew 10:18, Apr 12, 2004 (UTC)
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia was not a province of Canada in 1844.--jglees
And as Nova Scotian is not a nationality and as he was born a british subject, it would be most correct to describe him as Brithish-born. However, that description may be misleading to some and totally unnecessary (there is no reason to include that fact about British Imperial nationality law), and thus, in conformity with the Chambers Biographical Dictionary, we should simply refer to him as American, and appellation, in the geographical sense if not always in the national sense, that he had borne since birth.--jglees
plus it says later in the article that he was born in Nova Scotia, a fact not being overlooked or ignored, I agree it is too confusing to try and say where he was born and what his nationality was (unrelated bits of info) in one sentence. -- Stbalbach13:02, 12 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The spray was rigged as a Yawl during the circumnavigation. Was it sloop-rigged when he went missing, as the first paragraph seems to say?
46000 miles
I doubt the 74000km as an equivalent for 46000m as the latter probably are nautical miles, with an equivalent of about 1.8km. Could anybody please clarify this. Thank you 194.246.46.1514:05, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Bad part of his life
I remember reading somewhere that in middle-age he was prosecuted for indecently assulting a young woman. Not mentioned.