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Over on the shotgunworld forum, it seems they are somewhat tolerant of the use of "shottie", but there was a post there back in 2006 about just this subject. (http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/view...=72079&start=0) Feelings there were basically the same as the OP's.
It comes down to common vernacular. "Pic" and "gators" are common vernacular; "shottie" is not (yet). Lou |
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Ouch! It seems I touched a common nerve.
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Right, "shottie" is common vernacular in the US gun world.
2004... http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/view...hp?f=7&t=35051 2003 http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=40368 And of course it was first used here back in 1999... http://thefiringline.com/forums/show...hlight=shottie
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Amen, brother!
I prolly first saw "shotty" on my 'puter a few years ago. Words such as these make me gag. They sound like kindergarten slang. Nobody in the COMPUTER industry calls them 'puters, except in Tom Clancy novels. Lots of obscene and foul names but not that cutesy one. Same with "shotty." I grew up with firearms and hunting pheasants and ducks and never heard that term used except by newbies on gun forums. "Shot ty" is two syllables, same as "shot gun". It is one less letter. How is this more handy to use than the proper word except to be cute? "Prolly" was invented just to be annoying. Stop it. Please.
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While we're venting our pet grammatical usage peeves, I really hate the sign-off "nuff said". And I've never understood why guns are always girls for some (she's-the gun-is a great shooter; never he's).
Nuff said.
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And Winnies, and Remmys shotties, riffies.etc...."BARF" Try yet again. Stupid childish slang used by ignorant folks does not help our cause - it really hurts it. |
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Re: Enough with "Shottie"
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Re: Enough with "Shottie"
Shotty is worse than "clip". At least a clip is a thing.
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Re: Enough with "Shottie"
A guy with username "shortwave" doesn't like acronyms? Nor military I suppose.
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I have to admit, about a third of the time I refer to my Brownings as "Brownies"...
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[QUOTE]A guy with username "shortwave" doesn't like acronyms? Nor military I suppose ][QUOTE]
breakingcontact, Care to elaborate on the above post... especially the part I highlighted??? Last edited by shortwave; September 17, 2013 at 10:06 PM. |
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"... shottie = fingernails on chalk board ..."
No. Minty. That is the word that makes me slam my head into any nearby concrete wall.
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Hey shortwave, when I saw your name, I first thought of amateur radio, then I thought of military communications. Was I right on either? Both noble pursuits I am or have been a part of.
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Is it "snobbish" to use proper terms when communicating?
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Didn't say it was did I?
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There are far too many slang terms that annoy me slightly to make a big deal of any of them and I don't doubt that I am guilty of some myself. Irregardless, prolly, shottie, and wheel gun are but a few of the terms that annoy me, but I do not lose sleep over them.
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Just type in the word 'shotty' or 'shottie' in this forum search window, do a search and you'll see what I mean. Most of the members(or now x-members) that used that slang word when they first posted didn't have many posts and had just joined TFL. Then the first response's the new member recv's. is how stupid, ignorant he/she is. Doubt the same senior members guilty of this even stopped their rant long enough to first welcome the new member to TFL. What a great welcoming, eh? It's one thing for a more senior member here to correct or try to teach a newer member something without talking down to them and or being disrespectful . Totally another for that more senior member to act "snobbish" or like a total ass when trying to get their point across. Don't know about you but when I see the above happening, I have less respect for that more senior member then I do for the newer member using the word 'shotty' cause that more senior member doesn't do our cause any good , is surely not making TFL as a whole look good and must be just a 'snobbish' jerk in person cause he/she should know better. I don't see one member that posted on here that likes the word 'shottie' or shotty' and I hope after this thread when new members come here to TFL using 'the word'(it will happen) that when we correct them, we remember that we are the ambassadors not only to our sport but to TFL as well. Last edited by shortwave; September 18, 2013 at 04:27 PM. |
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Striker1, if your question wasn't rhetorical in nature, my apology for making the rash presumption. But in the context of this thread and with the post you quoted, it did appear to me that you were answering your own "question".
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+1 to shortwave
Ummmm......... errrrrrr........ lemmmeee think here a sec ........
Shotty! Shotty! Shottttttttteeeeeeeeee! I am glad we live in a Free Country where we can express ourselves with a bit of individuality ...... if everyone spoke (and typed) in perfect Queen's English, and only asked straightforward, technical questions, offered no opinions they were sure the Old Farts In Charge did not agree with and basicly sucked up to them ..... what a recipe for boredom and stagnation! Quote:
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