diff --git a/HallOfSelection b/HallOfSelection
index e98e3807b..b180169fb 100644
--- a/HallOfSelection
+++ b/HallOfSelection
@@ -3015,7 +3015,7 @@ end
 arch magic_mouth
 msg
 Swashbuckler
-Shipboard most of your life, you've learned good balance and agility, and you've also become strong and hardy.  Because of occasional oarswork, you and your shipmates have an admirable command of rhythm, and you can sing well.
+Shipboard most of your life, you've learned good balance and agility, and you've also become strong and hardy.  Because of occasional oars work, you and your shipmates have an admirable command of rhythm, and you can sing well.
 You've learned to make the most of your time in port:  after passing out drunk in a bar and waking to find yourself short your pay, you've found ways to acquire new capital, or at the very least, talk someone into helping you out of your fix.
 On numerous occasions, you've taken up arms and bow in defense of your ship, so you're facile with weapons, but you've had no chance to learn magic or the ways of gods.
 endmsg
diff --git a/start/HallsOfSelection/fireborn_player b/start/HallsOfSelection/fireborn_player
index 5bf3dffc1..7f1de52ca 100644
--- a/start/HallsOfSelection/fireborn_player
+++ b/start/HallsOfSelection/fireborn_player
@@ -2854,7 +2854,7 @@ end
 arch magic_mouth
 msg
 Swashbuckler
-Shipboard most of your life, you've learned good balance and agility, and you've also become strong and hardy.  Because of occasional oarswork, you and your shipmates have an admirable command of rhythm, and you can sing well.
+Shipboard most of your life, you've learned good balance and agility, and you've also become strong and hardy.  Because of occasional oars work, you and your shipmates have an admirable command of rhythm, and you can sing well.
 You've learned to make the most of your time in port:  after passing out drunk in a bar and waking to find yourself short your pay, you've found ways to acquire new capital, or at the very least, talk someone into helping you out of your fix.
 On numerous occasions, you've taken up arms and bow in defense of your ship, so you're facile with weapons, but you've had no chance to learn magic or the ways of gods.
 endmsg
diff --git a/start/HallsOfSelection/pl_dragon b/start/HallsOfSelection/pl_dragon
index fc4cd26c0..b3eb081a2 100644
--- a/start/HallsOfSelection/pl_dragon
+++ b/start/HallsOfSelection/pl_dragon
@@ -3241,7 +3241,7 @@ end
 arch magic_mouth
 msg
 Swashbuckler
-Shipboard most of your life, you've learned good balance and agility, and you've also become strong and hardy.  Because of occasional oarswork, you and your shipmates have an admirable command of rhythm, and you can sing well.
+Shipboard most of your life, you've learned good balance and agility, and you've also become strong and hardy.  Because of occasional oars work, you and your shipmates have an admirable command of rhythm, and you can sing well.
 You've learned to make the most of your time in port:  after passing out drunk in a bar and waking to find yourself short your pay, you've found ways to acquire new capital, or at the very least, talk someone into helping you out of your fix.
 On numerous occasions, you've taken up arms and bow in defense of your ship, so you're facile with weapons, but you've had no chance to learn magic or the ways of gods.
 endmsg
diff --git a/start/HallsOfSelection/wraith_player b/start/HallsOfSelection/wraith_player
index b9c83fd1c..04e850a73 100644
--- a/start/HallsOfSelection/wraith_player
+++ b/start/HallsOfSelection/wraith_player
@@ -2735,7 +2735,7 @@ end
 arch magic_mouth
 msg
 Swashbuckler
-Shipboard most of your life, you've learned good balance and agility, and you've also become strong and hardy.  Because of occasional oarswork, you and your shipmates have an admirable command of rhythm, and you can sing well.
+Shipboard most of your life, you've learned good balance and agility, and you've also become strong and hardy.  Because of occasional oars work, you and your shipmates have an admirable command of rhythm, and you can sing well.
 You've learned to make the most of your time in port:  after passing out drunk in a bar and waking to find yourself short your pay, you've found ways to acquire new capital, or at the very least, talk someone into helping you out of your fix.
 On numerous occasions, you've taken up arms and bow in defense of your ship, so you're facile with weapons, but you've had no chance to learn magic or the ways of gods.
 endmsg