"Round Ball"

[coloradoclyde]

Many words have multiple definitions....

3 [count] : a round bullet shot out of an old-fashioned gun

Is the one we are concerned about. :grin:

 

[coloradoclyde]

There are allot of things "acceptable" these days just because enough people use the term wrong enough times, now it's acceptable.

Yes! that is how language develops.....If it didn't we would all be speaking some ancient form of grunting gibberish. :haha:

 

[tonykarter]

speaking some ancient form of grunting gibberish

This language continues to evolve in my house. According to my wife.

 

[coloradoclyde]

speaking some ancient form of grunting gibberish

This language continues to evolve in my house. According to my wife.

Ug ug huh..... :haha:

 

[azmntman]

Another example is "deer" which is singular AND plural: I saw a deer and I saw 30 deer.

OMG just say you saw 31 deer! Or is this a math problem for the new common core? :hmm: :rotf:

 

[smoothshooter]

That's pretty good, Hadden. :grin:

 

[gearheart]

OMG just say you saw 31 deer! Or is this a math problem for the new common core? :hmm: :rotf:
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Is that like 3 toes worth of fingers plus a finger? Comon core, The art of complicating the simple.

 

[Shifty]

Can you use the Common Core to build a Dam!

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Another example is "deer" which is singular AND plural: I saw a deer and I saw 30 deer.

Ah but let us not confuse those deer with good a good idear, which I often get when pausing between loads of clothing in the warsh.

:haha:

LD

 

[Rifleman1776]

I have wondered for some time why most people refer to the small lead spheres so many of us launch with glee and enthusiasm refer to it as a "round ball".

Isn't that somewhat redundant?

Are there square balls; or perhaps octagon balls?

Because we are supposed to.
This is a family forum, you can't say words like "redundant" here.
And, I haven't looked lately. :2

 

[Tom Compton]

Sorry Kapow but that black and white thing is a soccer ball....

 

[Lonegun1894]

Can you use the Common Core to build a Dam!

Not yet, but we should use it and whoever came up with it to build a coral reef. :hmm:

 

[azmntman]

Can you use the Common Core to build a Dam!

Not yet, but we should use it and whoever came up with it to build a coral reef. :hmm:

+1 :thumbsup:

 

[hanshi]

A dream! I swear, just a dream! :idunno:

 

[nhmoose]

I've got big balls.
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. .662, .678, .735

 

[hawkeye2]

But are they round?

Size isn't everything, shot placement counts too.

 

[Patocazador]

"Ball" is the standard ammo issue for any live military ammunition. Whether it's conical or round.

Ball was/is differentiated from canister, tracer, shot (which could also be a single sphere), dummy practice, etc.

The only times I have seen "ball ammo", they were always associated with military-issue ammo. I, therefore, assumed that "ball" was a moniker for FMJ bullets since that's what all the US military ammo is.

 

[coloradoclyde]

"Ball" is the standard ammo issue for any live military ammunition. Whether it's conical or round.

Ball was/is differentiated from canister, tracer, shot (which could also be a single sphere), dummy practice, etc.

The only times I have seen "ball ammo", they were always associated with military-issue ammo. I, therefore, assumed that "ball" was a moniker for FMJ bullets since that's what all the US military ammo is.

In military usage "ball" refers to a singular projectile or plain,ordinary round of ammunition ....Other names are given to multi-projectile/ special purpose rounds. In other words "ball" is used to distinguish one type of ammo from another and does not necessarily designate shape of the projectile.

In the English language, "ball" is singular and "balls" is plural....

 

[hunts4deer]

Also, the spanish word for bullet is bala, as in la bala de plata meaning the silver bullet.