Ponce

[silverous]

Is there really a USS Ponce? Not a great name IMHO.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22076705

[Art0ir]

I'll admit it was one of my first thoughts reading that article at lunch...

[McWigglebum4th]

Not as good as the good ship Titan uranus

[Matt Harper]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Ponce_de_Le%C3%B...

[AshVX220]

A mate of mine lives in a place called "Ponce Inlet"....

[Seight_Returns]

Does the word "Ponce" have the same connotation in the US as it does in British English ?

Our US cousins must have loved HMS Beaver.

[silverous]

Thanks re: the wikipedia post, I recall when I visited St Augustine in Florida lots of talk of this Ponce de Leon character, it all makes sense now.

[budgie smuggler]

Seight_Returns said:

Does the word "Ponce" have the same connotation in the US as it does in British English ?

Our US cousins must have loved HMS Beaver.

Yes, and the HMS Cockchafer.