Talk:Edward Preble

Preble's Boys
This phrase Preble's Boys is frequent heard in United States Naval History and does appear on the page for some other naval officer's (for Example Stephen Decatur) of this era. A good start would be a section on Preble's Boys on this page (maybe eventually its own page). The page does have a little information on this but needs re-write to make it more obvious. Wfoj2 12:18, 16 February 2008 (UTC). History and other writings. Would take some work - he may more such be the father of the Modern United States Navy than John Paul Jones. Wfoj3 (talk) 17:48, 1 May 2022 (UTC)

Language Issues
We English speakers should all take more care to avoid the pervasive, but nonetheless egregious misuse of words associated with the concept of irony. People often say "ironically," when they mean "oddly" or "coincidentally." The reappearance of an officer in Preble's life may be oddly coincidental, but it is most certainly NOT ironic. Altgeld (talk) 02:40, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
 * How ironic, then, that such a doesn't realize that pervasive mistakes can't be egregious definitionally, what with it meaning "outside the herd", extended figuratively to the "abnormal".


 * Ah, but the meaning changed! one hears you cry. Quite so, quite so. Quiet so.Mr Spear (talk) 00:24, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Tangier
(see Tangier), includes the section:
 * By the beginning of the nineteenth century, autonomous corsairs out of Tangier were attacking American shipping and holding the sailors of many nations for ransom. In response, US commodore Preble sailed into Tangier harbor in 1803 and pulled off a daring rescue of American prisoners.

Apparently this was in the midst of the First Barbary War but neither that page nor this one mentions the raid on Tangier. I'd be nice to hear more about it.—Mr Spear (talk) 00:24, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Alternatively, Constitution's page mentions a ship exchange following a squadron's arrival in Tangier in Oct. 1803. Probably the same thing and both sides are focusing on different parts of the event.—Mr Spear (talk) 00:54, 20 November 2018 (UTC)