Anchors Aweigh facts
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The phrase is actually "Anchor's Aweigh" not "Away"
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The US Navy fight song is not "Anchors Away" but "Anchors Aweigh" because to weigh anchor means to put the anchor back on the ship to start the voyage.
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what does anchors aweigh mean?
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The phrase is not 'anchors away,' but rather 'anchors aweigh,' and that the unrelated homophone means to be free of weight (or, away from the sea bed)
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The United States Navy planned to use the song "In the Navy" by Village People for their recruitment campaign. However, they decided against it and chose to use the traditional Navy song ''Anchors Aweighs''.
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"Anchors Aweigh" actually means to lift the anchor -- not to throw it overboard.
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The correct expression is "anchors aweigh" not "anchors away". I am almost 50 years old and am generally not a dumb person.
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Ross Perot, a Naval Academy grad, personally played "Anchors Aweigh" on the West Point chapel bells the night before the Army-Navy game of 1975.
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It's spelled "anchors aweigh", and not "anchors away"
