Bore vs. Gauge?
Next we'll see threads about correct attire, flashes for breeks, single malt scotches, etc. Is this the beginning of doublegunshop BB's
S-Sification?
Jack-
As the individual who started this thread, I really was curious as to why so many Americans have started using the British term "bore" for gauge when speaking of shotguns.
I didn't intend to be a snob, in fact quite the opposite (a "counter snob"). I am an American, I am proud of my culture and my language, but also part of that culture is to be tolerant of and kind to others who do not share my culture, language or opinions. I do see your point, or at least what I think is your point.
The sign of the decline of one's culture is when folks become overly defensive of the culture. The French, for example making fruitless attempts to keep English words out of their language when such is the language of business and commerce. Some Americans being so fearful that Spanish will become our second national language that some employers prohibit even social conversation between Spanish speakers in the work place.
If we are strong, and our culture and language viable, then such will persist by the weight of its own virtue and not the petty attempts to fend off encroachments, one word or one thought at a time. Nonetheless, I will likely use the term gauge, even though it has one more letter and isn't as easy to spell, and may not really be the best way to describe an English made shotgun; not so much as a political statement, but rather because that is the term my father used, his father (and so on).
Others are free to evolve as they see fit, no SS will come knocking at their doors of their posts, or if they do, it will not be me...as that's another war we fought and won.
Doug
