TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1image"ok, imagine a gun."sh.itjust.worksTriflingToad@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squareWhiteOakBayou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoAll the things you listed either shoot projectiles and/or have triggers. What else do you call trigger operated projectile launchers? Also Caulk guns legitimately look like old timey machine guns.
minus-squaremoncharleskey@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThis is my perspective as an American looking in. In other languages there may be terminology used for these items that do not reference firearms.
minus-squareLH0ezVT@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI am curious if there is a language that calls a nail gun not a gun
minus-squareSGforce@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago Cloueuse pneumatique Or pneumatic nailer I don’t think any of those things are referred to as a gun in French. Just essentially “stapler”, “nailer”, “gluer”, ect
All the things you listed either shoot projectiles and/or have triggers. What else do you call trigger operated projectile launchers? Also Caulk guns legitimately look like old timey machine guns.
This is my perspective as an American looking in. In other languages there may be terminology used for these items that do not reference firearms.
I am curious if there is a language that calls a nail gun not a gun
Or pneumatic nailer
I don’t think any of those things are referred to as a gun in French. Just essentially “stapler”, “nailer”, “gluer”, ect