TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1763arrow-down110
arrow-up1753arrow-down1image"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksTriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squaredukeofdummies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up123arrow-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-up67arrow-down4·2 months agoits interesting the slang that persists… “i call getting to shoot people!”
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down2·edit-22 months 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-squarejawa21@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThe amount of naval terminology that has stuck around in English is mind boggling.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoAhoj! I’m Czech. We don’t even have any access to sea…
minus-squareRavuAlHemio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoNo direct access, but “jump into the Elbe and wait” is still a valid strategy…
minus-squareWrufieotnak@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months ago… And hope no German bridge crushes on you!
minus-squarecatgames@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoThe modern version would be “I call running the Spotify!”
minus-squareProprietary_Blend@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoAnd other shit.
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-22 months agoGringo explaining a horse carriage: Imagine a gun
minus-squareVaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoAnd the kids have been shouting shotgun from then on.
minus-squareTriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agooh I thought it was from the moonshine age, I guess horse buggies make more sense lol
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months 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-up1·2 months agoIn the time of horse drawn carriages, wouldn’t the rifle be a more common weapon?
minus-squareJerb322@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months 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!”
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!
The modern version would be “I call running the Spotify!”
And other shit.
Gringo explaining a horse carriage: Imagine a gun
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.
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.