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I know I have been away for a while and if this topic has come up before ignore this...
This is mostly directed at the American members, but all of a sudden everyone I know (including myself) has started 'shotgunning' things and I was curious if this is something that has been around in the US for some time and whether it has just come accross to us in the UK. Si 'Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them' - Aristotle
As in shotgunning a beer?
-Mike Go listen to my band. We're awesome. http://www.myspace.com/rosencrantzny weallgotwoodandnails
Must just be my area, people only started saying it a couple of months ago.
Here is the link: http://www.shotgunguide.com/ A guide to shotgun in no less than 4,500 words! Si 'Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them' - Aristotle
I know the origin of "shotgun," but what's the origin of "bagsy?"
-Mike Go listen to my band. We're awesome. http://www.myspace.com/rosencrantzny weallgotwoodandnails
I used to call chavs 'townies', and my mate from Wales used to refer to them as 'scallies'. They all point to the same thing, it's just a regional difference.
Pop culture is what drives the change, we likely got 'shotgun' through the American teen drama shows like Dawsons Creek, Buffy, The OC, One Tree Hill et al... and movies like American Pie and Road Trip. Another example; everybody refers to mp3 players as 'iPods', even though that's just a brand, and everybody refers to vacuum cleaners as 'Hoovers', also a brand. Pop culture, shapes culture... so 'shotgun' just sort of stuck. Post Edited (08-03-05 15:50)
I don't know the actual origin of 'Bagsy', but it sounds like something pirates would say. [And very random but having said that, when you try to put on a pirate voice, doesn't it just turn into a Somerset accent? Makes you feel more like you want to talk about a combine harvester than a pirate ship.]
Post Edited (08-03-05 15:51) ~ Sofi ~ "And so tomorrow there will be another number for the one who had a name."
I kinda hate the fact that people refer to mp3 players as "iPods." Same as referring to tissue paper as "Kleenex" and adhesive strips as "Band-aids." Although, I bet if you asked most people for an adhesive strip, they would have no idea what the hell you were talking about.
Also, I want to clarify something, as far as I know calling "shotgun" only refers to the passenger side of front seat of a car. Unless you mean shotgunning a drink, which is something else entirely. So basically, to call out "shotgun" while walking to a car means to ride shotgun. At least, that's how I would use it, but like I said, I don't.
OK.
-Mike Go listen to my band. We're awesome. http://www.myspace.com/rosencrantzny weallgotwoodandnails
If an adhesive strip or 'band-aid' is what I think it is, we refer to those as 'plasters', and I'm surprised that no other English people on this board seem to know what a 'noggy' is!
But I'm hardly going to ruin the curious mystery by simply telling you. Also, 'bagsy' can be used in many differing ways. You can bagsy the passenger seat in a car, you can bagsy the next turn at a computer game, or the item of clothing on the rack that fits you. It's basically a word used to stake a claim on something. Anything. Post Edited (08-04-05 07:43)
i dunno what a noggy is....i know what a noggin is......
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