@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected]English • 2 days ago"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1726
arrow-up1726image"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.works@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected]English • 2 days agomessage-square103fedilink
minus-squareoriginaluciferlinkfedilink65•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•2 days 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…
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.