TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down11
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-link"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksTriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squaredukeofdummies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 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-up1·2 months agoits interesting the slang that persists… “i call getting to shoot people!”
minus-squarecatgames@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThe modern version would be “I call running the Spotify!”
minus-squarejawa21@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThe amount of naval terminology that has stuck around in English is mind boggling.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoAhoj! I’m Czech. We don’t even have any access to sea…
minus-squareRavuAlHemio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoNo direct access, but “jump into the Elbe and wait” is still a valid strategy…
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!”
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…