"spot on"
"system" when referred to a firearm

"High Powered Rifle"
Has any journalist/reporter ever described any rifle as anything but high powered?

"remmy"

"winnie"

"leupy"

"You guys" when talking to females

SSR

YOUSE

as in "are youse ready to order " from the waitress in the diner..

The usual response from me is " ewes are female sheep "

Unfortunately this seems overly common amongst young folk in this country , and most folk in Australia ....

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Originally posted by Cross L:
"You guys" when talking to females

SSR

"Dudes and dudettes" . . .

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Originally posted by Cross L:
"You guys" when talking to females

SSR

Not originally from Lesbos, mmmhh?

A few of my pet peeves have already been brought up: "Hot water heater" and "nu-cu-lar" instead of "nuclear." But what about that circle way up North? Is it the "Arctic" Circle or "Artic" Circle.

Why do men wear a "pair" of pants (only one item) but women don't wear a "pair" of bras?

I got into an argument regarding the use of capital letters and proper names. I contend that the statement "Dr. Rudolf Diesel invented the diesel engine" is correct usage of capital letters. If the word "diesel" is used as a technical term it's not a proper name and not capitalized. It might be a Cummins diesel or a Caterpillar diesel or even a Mitsubishi diesel but not a cummins, caterpillar or mitsubishi Diesel.

English - what a strange language it is!

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Originally posted by Brice:
"High Powered Rifle"
Has any journalist/reporter ever described any rifle as anything but high powered?

Usually thrown in with Assault rifle, but my favorite was .22 cal. shotgun.
Grizz

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Usually thrown in with Assault rifle, but my favorite was .22 cal. shotgun.
Grizz

There is such a thing, of course, but rest assured that the newspaper hack never saw one. In fact, I've never seen one, that I know of.

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Usually thrown in with Assault rifle, but my favorite was .22 cal. shotgun.
Grizz

There is such a thing, of course, but rest assured that the newspaper hack never saw one. In fact, I've never seen one, that I know of.

Of course you have one, maybe many. Any .22 loaded with rat-shot?

Nope. That's a .22 rifle with shot being fired through it. You could fire a slug through a smoothbore, too, but that doesn't make it a rifle.

I shot ratting cartridges in a .22rf smoothbore back when I was a nipper.
Can't for the life of me remember what make/model of gun it was.

A quick search shows both Webley & Scott & Winchester Model 67 smoothbore .22's.

Here's the Webley

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Originally posted by Scriptus:

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Originally posted by Cross L:
"You guys" when talking to females

SSR

Not originally from Lesbos, mmmhh?

No, but I am a lesbian trapped in a mans body--does that count?





SSR

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Originally posted by Cross L:

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Originally posted by Scriptus:

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Originally posted by Cross L:
"You guys" when talking to females

SSR

Not originally from Lesbos, mmmhh?

No, but I am a lesbian trapped in a mans body--does that count?





SSR

Man that could cause a lot of pain should you be caught?

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Originally posted by Oddbod:
I shot ratting cartridges in a .22rf smoothbore back when I was a nipper.
Can't for the life of me remember what make/model of gun it was.

A quick search shows both Webley & Scott & Winchester Model 67 smoothbore .22's.

Here's the Webley

Remington, also- got one.

My pet peeve is people referring to bullets as "heads". They aren't "heads" they're bullets. Of course "pills" or any other slang that some gun writer came up with when he was trying to be cute is a major turn off also.

Today I saw a post by a moderator here referring to a .375 hunting rifle as a "platform".

The one that really grates on me is people pronouncing Asked - arksed. grrrrrrrr!

In this neck of the woods, it's "axed".

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Originally posted by Oddbod:
Today I saw a post by a moderator here referring to a .375 hunting rifle as a "platform".

Maybe he was using it instead of a plank, to stand on?
I wonder about a lot, is it bad skoolin that peeple cant be learned rite Engleesh?

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Originally posted by Scriptus:

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Originally posted by Oddbod:
Today I saw a post by a moderator here referring to a .375 hunting rifle as a "platform".

Maybe he was using it instead of a plank, to stand on?
I wonder about a lot, is it bad skoolin that peeple cant be learned rite Engleesh?

Ask Naki---

His latest gem: "Where to from now"

SSR

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Originally posted by Cross L:

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Originally posted by Scriptus:

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Originally posted by Oddbod:
Today I saw a post by a moderator here referring to a .375 hunting rifle as a "platform".

Maybe he was using it instead of a plank, to stand on?
I wonder about a lot, is it bad skoolin that peeple cant be learned rite Engleesh?

Ask Naki---

His latest gem: "Where to from now"

SSR

Maybe he is a clock watcher? The fellow does get my blood pressure up though.

The latest irritating phrase used by the media:

Going forward.

I agree Brice,the current media trashes the language + turns it into something that it is not. My personal pet peeve is the recurrent usage of the word 'decimate'.This is being used concurrent with the devastation of our troops,et/al.The true meaning of decimate is to detract by 10%....DUH! Anyone still alive besides a priest that took Latin?That was a term that was used by the Legions when encountering resistance from said populace to take 10% of the survivors + cease their existence. I suppose what my real irritation is that when things are rewritten for whatever reason,then the original truth is lost.I must say that if the loss of original truth does'nt break your heart then nothing will.

"Friendly fire?" WTF? Anything that causes pain and or death is anything but friendly !

"Embedded?" With pillow and eiderdown quilt? [ blonde too]

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Originally posted by Brice:
The latest irritating phrase used by the media:

Going forward.

A favourite with the leftist liberal wankers here. Going forward; with the revolution, land redistribution, wealth distribution, gender equality [ a rich one considering the number of rape cases,] and so forth.

Greetings Norman, et al.
Decimate has been discussed. I thought that it referrede to a Roman practice of punishing a company, regiment, legion, etc. for failure by lining them up and killing every tenth man. You explanation seems much more likely.

It is truly a word whose meaning has not been merely abused, but completely reversed, just like..............

Quantum

Norman's discussion of decimate reminded me of this particular rant, another word whose meaning has been turned upside down and inside out by the illiterati.

I must add my name yet again to the choir of those really offended by the ignorant use of the term "muzzle break" when what the speaker or writer is referring to is a "Muzzle Brake".

The darned thing acts to "brake" the rise of the muzzle and, to put the brake on regards the rearward motion of the whole rifle, thereby reducing felt recoil among other things.

It does NOT "break" any part of the rifle, though it may break or at least harm the eardrums of those close by.

To call it a muzzlebreak is about as literate as referring to "disc breaks" on a vehicle....

It particularly irritates me when misused by the makers of muzzle brakes who, of all people, should know better..

So there!...and so's your ma......! (Got my childish rant off my chest!)

We are NOT going to get started on Yo Mama.

Sad ain't it?

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Originally posted by Brice:
We are NOT going to get started on Yo Mama.

YO BRICE WHAS UP BRU?

Over here, that's Bro

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Originally posted by Brice:
Over here, that's Bro

That's my pet peeve - misspelled Ebonics.

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Originally posted by Brice:
Over here, that's Bro

Over here it is Bra and no, not anything to do with support garments, just local gangsta speak !
Oh Brother ! !

At least he didn't misspell mispell.