@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected]English • 2 days ago"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1696
arrow-up1696image"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.works@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected]English • 2 days agomessage-square97fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish118•2 days agoYeah it was bench seating so one guy had the reins and the other had a shotgun. Hence the name.
minus-squareoriginaluciferlinkfedilink64•2 days agoits interesting the slang that persists… “i call getting to shoot people!”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 day agoThe modern version would be “I call running the Spotify!”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish30•edit-22 days agoI mean, it’s still America. I guess the location of the shooting has changed though. It should mean having your desk at the front of the classroom by the teacher’s desk now.
minus-squarejawa21linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 day agoThe amount of naval terminology that has stuck around in English is mind boggling.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 day agoAhoj! I’m Czech. We don’t even have any access to sea…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•1 day agoNo direct access, but “jump into the Elbe and wait” is still a valid strategy…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish26•edit-22 days agoGringo explaining a horse carriage: Imagine a gun
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 day agoIn the time of horse drawn carriages, wouldn’t the rifle be a more common weapon?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•1 day agoEasier to aim a shotgun went bouncing around on the stagecoach, running from bandits.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•2 days agoAnd the kids have been shouting shotgun from then on.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 days agooh I thought it was from the moonshine age, I guess horse buggies make more sense lol
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 days agoWhenever someone says “Shotgun” I can only think of the drive-by scene in Boyz 'n Da Hood.
Yeah it was bench seating so one guy had the reins and the other had a shotgun. Hence the name.
its interesting the slang that persists…
“i call getting to shoot people!”
The modern version would be “I call running the Spotify!”
I mean, it’s still America.
I guess the location of the shooting has changed though. It should mean having your desk at the front of the classroom by the teacher’s desk now.
The amount of naval terminology that has stuck around in English is mind boggling.
Ahoj! I’m Czech. We don’t even have any access to sea…
No direct access, but “jump into the Elbe and wait” is still a valid strategy…
… And hope no German bridge crushes on you!
And other shit.
Gringo explaining a horse carriage: Imagine a gun
In the time of horse drawn carriages, wouldn’t the rifle be a more common weapon?
Easier to aim a shotgun went bouncing around on the stagecoach, running from bandits.
And the kids have been shouting shotgun from then on.
oh I thought it was from the moonshine age, I guess horse buggies make more sense lol
Whenever someone says “Shotgun” I can only think of the drive-by scene in Boyz 'n Da Hood.