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When guns were only found on ships. Rifles, revolvers, fowlers, artillery etc were not guns.......
Yes I use the more modern, generic "guns" descriptor but I do inwardly cringe when I do so. ;)
 
I've read that the linguists have determined that if you have a population that speaks a language, split it into two separate, non-interacting groups - in 800 years the languages of each will not be understood by the other. I remember having to read Old and Middle English in college.

What's a chip in the UK or USA? Want a biscuit?
 
doubleh said:
Since I am not a member of the USMC and never have been I'll call my guns whatever I please. :D
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♪Let me call you Sweetheart, I’m in love with you…♪:D
I've never been a member of the USMC either, and I do love my 308 Norma.;)
 
Up until last week I called guns "gonnes."

At 83 years old, I still revert to past days and accidentally call a "magazine" a clip now and again, and refer to a "clipful of bullets" (EEEK!) but I don't have a DI enforcing "conform, conform, conform, maggot" behavior and using things like the rifle-gun distinction as an excuse for sadism.

Sometime in the past two years I saw an ad for a popular semiauto stating that it came with an extra clip. In the Rifleman no less. I can only assume they did that to see if anyone was looking at their ads by the number of screechy letters they got.

I sometimes wonder if H&K put the bullets in the clip backwards in that infamous ad for the same reason.

Ooops! My bad. I meant to say "cartridges in the magazine."

Terry, 230RN
 
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LaneP said:
In USMC boot camp if you referred to your rifle as a gun you would regret the day you were born.

But now it's applied to things other than firearms, such as biceps.
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This is my rifle, this is my gun. One is for shooting and one is for fun. Ah, such fond memories of the most enjoyable 12 weeks of my life. NOT! :)

Ron
 
GEM said:
I've read that the linguists have determined that if you have a population that speaks a language, split it into two separate, non-interacting groups - in 800 years the languages of each will not be understood by the other. I remember having to read Old and Middle English in college.

What's a chip in the UK or USA? Want a biscuit?
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You can put your chips in the boot of the lorry before you hit the loo.....:)
 
GEM said:
I've read that the linguists have determined that if you have a population that speaks a language, split it into two separate, non-interacting groups - in 800 years the languages of each will not be understood by the other. I remember having to read Old and Middle English in college.

What's a chip in the UK or USA? Want a biscuit?
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The US and the UK, two peoples separated by a common language.......... ;)
 
kje54 said:
When guns were only found on ships. Rifles, revolvers, fowlers, artillery etc were not guns.......
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All "guns" are artillery pieces. Not all artillery pieces are "guns."

The (often frowned upon) practice of calling a detachable magazine a "clip" began in the U.S. Navy, to distinguish what you use to load your weapon, from the place you store the ammunition.
 
jrmiddleton425 said:
All "guns" are artillery pieces. Not all artillery pieces are "guns."

The (often frowned upon) practice of calling a detachable magazine a "clip" began in the U.S. Navy, to distinguish what you use to load your weapon, from the place you store the ammunition.
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Interesting, did not know that. It makes sense though now that I think about it.
Kind of how the Pilot navigates the ship but it's the Aviator who flies the plane..? o_O
 
This kinda piggybacks on my topic.

I really think it depends on who you are talking to and what you are talking about.

Guns, to me is a generic term for a firearm.

This rolls into so many things, I will get my hackles up if someone calls me a biker, no I am not a biker I am a motorcyclist. In my motorcycle world a biker is a cruiser rider, generally hardly davidson, and rides in fair weather only, and generally to the bar and back. A motorcyclist is a guy that drives to starbucks and back. A biker is also a person going triple digits down the highway in shorts flip flops, and a T-shirt being blown halfway up his back by the wind. Usually with a girl in the back dressed about the same. He will zoom past you in 4th gear with it bouncing off the limiter. Motorcyclists generally look like an over weight traffic cone, and have more spent on gear then the other guy has in his motorcycle.

Not many will get that but some will. And using those terms shows to those scratching their heads as to why he would object and find the term biker offensive have just got a quick look into how those terms work inside of the "community" they work in.

We also get our collective hackles up when the "media" uses the term assault weapon, no it is not. And that is the poster child for using the wrong word, and in the "gun" community is looked upon as being spoken by idiots. Someone in the bullet/cartridge thread said, I just let them use the wrong term, what is the big deal......so what is the big deal if the news uses assault weapon, we all know the answer to that.
 
Everyone knows “Chips” are what run computers…:D

I prefer the general term of “firearms” if I am not specifying it further, such as “handgun” or “rifle”.

Now for the serious part.

Can we all just call it “Steel”? And please don’t be the guy that shoots a hundred yard “Dong”. :oops:
Use the G, it’s a “gong” because of how it is, or just say “Steel Target”…:p
 
webrx said:
Chips are fries in the UK if I recall correctly. Like fish and chips.

then there is getting pissed in the UK vs the us.
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I went oversees in my 20s for a bit and kept wondering why all my British friends were always angry in their drinking stories. Come on man, relax,,,,don’t be so pissed when you drink.
 
230RN said:
At 83 years old, I still revert to past days and accidentally call a "magazine" a clip now and again
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I have a year on you and do the same. The people I talk to about guns aren't so uptight they get bent about it. In fact, everyone I know that shoots is pretty laid back and doesn't obsess about much of anything. A pretty forgiving bunch we are.
 
230RN said:
Up until last week I called guns "gonnes."
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That's because that's what they were called when you were young....;)

NIGHTLORD40K said:
You can put your chips in the boot of the lorry before you hit the loo.....:)
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....but first you must carry your bumbershoot up in the lift to your flat-and use the WC, not the lavatory, the ladies are popping in for a spot of tea, dear.
 
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