TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up1348arrow-down12
arrow-up1346arrow-down1image"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksTriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squaredukeofdummies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down1·2 months agoYeah it was bench seating so one guy had the reins and the other had a shotgun. Hence the name.
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 months agoits interesting the slang that persists… “i call getting to shoot people!”
minus-squarejawa21@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThe amount of naval terminology that has stuck around in English is mind boggling.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoAhoj! I’m Czech. We don’t even have any access to sea…
minus-squareRavuAlHemio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoNo direct access, but “jump into the Elbe and wait” is still a valid strategy…
minus-squareWrufieotnak@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month ago… And hope no German bridge crushes on you!
minus-squarecatgames@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThe modern version would be “I call running the Spotify!”
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 months agoGringo explaining a horse carriage: Imagine a gun
minus-squareTriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agooh I thought it was from the moonshine age, I guess horse buggies make more sense lol
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoWhenever someone says “Shotgun” I can only think of the drive-by scene in Boyz 'n Da Hood.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoIn the time of horse drawn carriages, wouldn’t the rifle be a more common weapon?
minus-squareJerb322@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoEasier to aim a shotgun went bouncing around on the stagecoach, running from bandits.
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 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!
The modern version would be “I call running the Spotify!”
Gringo explaining a horse carriage: Imagine a gun
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.
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.