TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down11
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-link"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksTriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squaredukeofdummies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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-up1·1 month agoits interesting the slang that persists… “i call getting to shoot people!”
minus-squarecatgames@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoThe modern version would be “I call running the Spotify!”
minus-squarejawa21@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThe amount of naval terminology that has stuck around in English is mind boggling.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoAhoj! I’m Czech. We don’t even have any access to sea…
minus-squareRavuAlHemio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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…