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Post by limeyf on Nov 25, 2012 22:35:14 GMT
After reading quite a few westerns, I see a couple of terms repeated over and over by a variety of writers, : Drew Rein  Gigged  I never saw GGG write those, any others guys  |
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Post by benbridges on Nov 26, 2012 9:08:28 GMT
I've seen and used 'drew rein' before (also 'tightened rein' or 'shortened rein') but never to my knowledge have I used 'gigged'. The problem for writers is how to ring the changes. You can only 'mount up' so many times. Then it makes a nice change if your character 'toed in and swung astride' instead. You can tie your horse to a hitch-rack, but it sounds just as effective if you throw a hitch at the rack before stepping inside. I remember the first time I came across the expression 'salivate'. I didn't realise it was an old-time expression for killing, as in, "You want I should salivate you, mister?" Then there are the humorous terms, such as being 'planted' instead of buried, and calling a cemetery a 'bone orchard'. Ah, language and its use ...
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Post by limeyf on Nov 26, 2012 14:25:44 GMT
Fun read, thanks ,"Ben"  |
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Post by limeyf on Dec 1, 2012 3:23:53 GMT
Ok just seen another one "shucked"
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Post by limeyf on Feb 10, 2013 1:28:43 GMT
OK help me out guys, "Arkansas Toothpick"  is this just a knife, or something else? and if it is why not just say so instead of saying this over and over again. |
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Post by Steve M on Feb 10, 2013 11:41:16 GMT
It's a certain type of knife.
I guess it's referred to by name for the same reason a Colt Navy is called such rather than just a Colt or a gun/pistol.
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is this just a knife, or something else? and if it is why not just say so instead of saying this over and over again. 