In my personal vernacular when I gotta pee or something I go to the bathroom and everyone understands what I'm doing or where I'm going. I kill things with a gun or bow and arrow and everyone understands that too. All this discussion nit picking about weapons, firearms, whatever else is boring and repetitious to me.
The Words We Use and How They Define Us
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Hmmm, I believe you all use the term “water closet”. I have a water closet. It’s what I keep my back-up drinking supply in. If I catch someone doin a #1, or #2 in there, it’s ‘game on’!
Not near as bad as an elephant’s ****** during the mating season……..
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I keep my gun powder in a closet, does that make it a “powder room”.Hmmm, I believe you all use the term “water closet”. I have a water closet. It’s what I keep my back-up drinking supply in. If I catch someone doin a #1, or #2 in there, it’s ‘game on’!
This one may be laugh. My wife was teaching a bible story about when Peter was given the vision about even eating unclean animals. A first grader spoke up "you kill and you eat it". This was in Centre County, PA. Didn't realize that was the regional dialect.
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We have pc gun sites which automatically switch ‘weapon’ to ’rifle’ or ‘firearm’.
Naughty people post such things as “Ancient man’s primitive weapons were usually[y rocks or . . .” which becomes “Ancient man’s primitive rifles were usually rocks . . . “
Naughty people post such things as “Ancient man’s primitive weapons were usually[y rocks or . . .” which becomes “Ancient man’s primitive rifles were usually rocks . . . “
I guess it's the desire to be PC with the selection of terms you use. I know I will use both kill and harvested depending on the audience. Butcher and process for me have different uses. Dad was a 'butcher' by trade, for him, butchering was the breaking down of the carcass to select pieces whereas processing was used when doing bologna, kielbasa, jerky etc.
When I posted this I was hoping to see people reflect on the way they spoke and thought about things we do which are central, maybe even sacred, to the way we choose to live. Happily, I have seen some of that.
Well, we sure don’t call a truck/car “hood” a “bonnet”
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What's the current slang word for cigarette in England?
Regional dialect was probably a poor choice of words Localized slang maybe ?
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During the metal wash tub bathing days , I used to marvel at the pecking order for the wash tub and water . Warmest first bath was Mom , and Dad . Next the kids had to decide , who was next for tub use. Neighbors had two girls ,and two boys. Once the elders had their wash rag habit satisfied , the four kids had to have a go . I never found out how they figured who was next.
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If we were uncivilized, we would kill and eat them raw without even gutting them.
Love it. At my grandmother's in the early 1950's wash tub on the kitchen floor next to the wood cookstove. And you had to help carry the water uphill from the spring. That water was "expensive" so afterwards it went on the kitchen garden.
With my eyes it's more like BANG, limp limp, BANG, stagger, BANG, cussing......
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