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[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

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Which edit did you try?

[SMR 368]

#1. Re: homonym

As I said:

Depending on one's accent, the words could indeed sound identical (which is the meaning of "homonym.")

So your argument is that if you say the word wrong it sounds like the other word?

#2. Re: synonym, in particular using "clip" as a synonym for "magazine"

(The source of that particular Wiki info is the NRA, among others.)

#3. Synonyms don't have to have identical meanings

syn·o·nym

[sin-uh-nim]

noun

1.

a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as happy, joyful, elated. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms (or opposites), such as Thesaurus.com, is called a thesaurus.

2.

a word or expression accepted as another name for something, as Arcadia for pastoral simplicity or Wall Street for U.S. financial markets; metonym.

3.

Biology . one of two or more scientific names applied to a single taxon.

Whether or not two words are synonyms depends on context. When you are trying to make a distinction between two similar things, you may use two different words that could be considered synonyms in a broader context. An example would be 'engine' and 'motor.' In many situations they are used interchangeably and may be considered synonyms. However, if I am designing a hybrid electric car, I wouldn't want to use the two words as synonyms. Similarly, when talking about gun control legislation, clips and magazines are different. If I'm sitting in an army base, context might allow the words to be used interchangeably.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

So your argument is that if you say the word wrong it sounds like the other word?

Variables due to different accents do not equal "saying words wrong."

Whether or not two words are synonyms depends on context. When you are trying to make a distinction between two similar things, you may use two different words that could be considered synonyms in a broader context. An example would be 'engine' and 'motor.' In many situations they are used interchangeably and may be considered synonyms. However, if I am designing a hybrid electric car, I wouldn't want to use the two words as synonyms. Similarly, when talking about gun control legislation, clips and magazines are different. If I'm sitting in an army base, context might allow the words to be used interchangeably.

Well... Patriot's context was very clear. And I don't think he was talking about building a gun.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

when talking about gun control legislation, clips and magazines are different.

Talking about it? No. Writing the legislation, perhaps. Whatever term is used should be defined within the legislation. You would want to make sure the legislation could not be construed to mean Playboy.

[Ban Hammer 14,702]

You guys are all fruit loops? We incorrectly called them clips the entire time I was in the service, because it is a single syllable word and the military likes things that way. But, carry on with your snobbish rant, and superior education, from reading all those Guns and Ammo magazines, if it makes you feel better.

in my 20 years i never heard anyone refer to them as a clip. then again, i didn't hang out with engineers.

Edited April 1, 2013 by charles!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

in my 20 years i never heard anyone refer to them as a clip. then again, i didn't hang out with engineers.

That is because we stored explosives in magazines.

http://www.atf.gov/explosives/how-to/explosive-storage-requirements.html

Kelly's Heroes

How many clips did you use last night?

-About eight.

-Eight!

You're trigger-happy, Gutkowski.

Here's two more.

Take it easy, okay?

Take it easy.

http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/k/kellys-heroes-script-transcript-clint.html

[Ban Hammer 14,702]

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Kelly's Heroes

How many clips did you use last night?

-About eight.

-Eight!

You're trigger-happy, Gutkowski.

Here's two more.

Take it easy, okay?

Take it easy.

http://www.script-o-...ript-clint.html

remind me again, what year was that movie based in? and what was the primary battle rifle used by the usa then? oh right, the m-1 garand - which used clips.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

remind me again, what year was that movie based in? and what was the primary battle rifle used by the usa then? oh right, the m-1 garand - which used clips.

Wasn't he carrying a Thompson? I could be wrong.

You may be right -

Richard Davalos as Private Gutowski, the team's sniper

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly's_Heroes

Edited April 1, 2013 by The Patriot

[himher 634]

Patriot is by no means ignorant. At least he knows the difference between a homonym and a synonym.

Nothing stunning about that as everyone from California is an expert on homonyms

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Wasn't he carrying a Thompson? I could be wrong.

You may be right -

Then again,

Despite the fact that the M1 Garand rifle was the most commonly employed weapon in the U.S. Army during WWII, the rifle is seldom seen and is never used or fired in the film.

and

Mosin Nagant M91/30 Sniper

Pvt. Gutowski (Richard Davalos), the squad sniper, is armed with a Mosin Nagant M91/30 sniper rifle outfitted with a 3.5PU scope. It would be far more accurate if he had been using a Springfield 1903A4 sniper rifle. This was never explained by the filmmakers. There's a remote possibility though that Gutowski captured the rifle from a German sniper, who originally captured the rifle from a Red Army sniper on the Eastern Front. According to Capt. Clifford Shore, the author of With British Snipers to the Reich, many German snipers were using captured Soviet-made Mosin-Nagant sniper rifles alongside the Mauser Kar98k sniper rifle in Western Europe during the later years of World War II. However there are many reasons why American command would frown upon 'scrounging' for such a weapon (lack of ammo in that caliber would be one reason) and also the American Army in Southern France was very well supplied, and except for grabbing a foreign weapon in the heat of battle, U.S. Forces would not be allowed to scrounge foreign weapons except perhaps as souvenirs.

Due to the lack of proper bayonet lug, Gutowski ties his M7 bayonet to the end of his Mosin Nagant M91/30 sniper rifle.

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Kelly's_Heroes

Edited April 1, 2013 by The Patriot

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Nothing stunning about that as everyone from California is an expert on homonyms

I learned what homonyms and synonyms were when I was in 3rd grade in Virginia. I didn't move to California until 6th grade.

[SMR 368]

It's funny that I thought of the same scene in Kelly's heroes when you started talking about this. He's definitely using a thompson (as is pretty much everyone in that movie). But it's Hollywood. Moreover, it's mostly a comedy and not really striving for accuracy as far as I could tell.

[himher 634]

I learned what homonyms and synonyms were when I was in 3rd grade in Virginia. I didn't move to California until 6th grade.

At ease and stand down جندي

I was referring to HOMOnyms not homonyms and taking a cheap geographical طلقة at the patriot

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lol@ the arabic script. you know she's american right?

[himher 634]

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lol@ the arabic script. you know she's american right?

Yup