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

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        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.

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

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

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