• Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
    57·
    26 days ago

    Bows aren’t shot, not unless you’re doing it wrong. You shoot the arrow, the bow should stay in your hand.

      • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        37·
        26 days ago

        Actually… pushes up glasses… the word shot is Middle English and describes the flinging of a projectile, including from a bow. It predates the use of gunpowder weaponry and derives from the Old English gesceot.

      • skeptomatic@lemmy.caEnglish
        10·
        26 days ago

        Akchooally, “ahoy” is derived from, “chips ahoy”, where chips are not thin potato slices nor potato sticks, but pieces of chocolate.

        • iegod@lemmy.zipEnglish
          5·
          26 days ago

          Ackshulie they’re called chips not because they’re chunks of chocolate but rather because they resemble Chip Gaines’ finished products.

    • T156@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      26 days ago

      Oh, I’ve been doing it wrong all this time. No wonder my bows are cross.