TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days ago"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1755arrow-down18
arrow-up1747arrow-down1image"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksTriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days ago only persisted because That is a wild stretch of imagination. Loads of things we say, across all countries and languages, persist for centuries after losing their original meanings.
minus-squareshawn1122@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoSure but in this case there are numerous gun related phrases that have persisted in American culture because of this particular affinity.
That is a wild stretch of imagination. Loads of things we say, across all countries and languages, persist for centuries after losing their original meanings.
Sure but in this case there are numerous gun related phrases that have persisted in American culture because of this particular affinity.