IF THERE WERE NO GUNS WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE

[Guest Jamie]

Dude, I really wanted to know about the proper usage of [sic]. The implications were interesting, since I wrote (so it was not a 2nd hand quote) the line about "sweet numchucks" as sarcasm, as I was impersonating an editor while quoting myself. Despite my educational handicap, having never minored in English (since I already speak it good) I wanted to know the proper usage.

You've probably disappointed a lot of people by showing a rudimentary conscience here.

Sic is a Latin word meaning "thus", "so", "as such", or "in such a manner". It is used when writing quoted material to indicate that an incorrect or unusual spelling, phrase, punctuation or meaning in the quote has been reproduced verbatim from the original and is not a transcription error. It is normally placed within the quoted material, in square brackets and often italicized – [sic]. Alternatively it can appear after the quote in parentheses (round brackets) – (sic).[1]

It had a long e sound in Latin, meaning that it was pronounced like the English word "seek", /ˈsiːk/; however, has been anglicised to /ˈsɪk/, like the English word "sick".

Google is your friend... Jack I'm not so sure about. :D

J

[StPatrick]

Wow...I may be guilty of the lamest threadjack ever. We went from guys arguing about swords / clubs / spears to a serious discussion of aforementioned swords...to grammar. Mea culpa, mea culpa mea maxima dork-culpa.

Man, as cool as we are with guns and stuff, imagine how lame the hardcore REAL dorks out there are? Amiright? Fellas?

[Guest Glock23ForMe]

Wow...I may be guilty of the lamest threadjack ever. We went from guys arguing about swords / clubs / spears to a serious discussion of aforementioned swords...to grammar. Mea culpa, mea culpa mea maxima dork-culpa.

Man, as cool as we are with guns and stuff, imagine how lame the hardcore REAL dorks out there are? Amiright? Fellas?

And I turned it into a sig picture....

[Guest Jamie]

I guess there's no way at this point to get back to Alternate Weapons, huh?

J.

[Guest SUNTZU]

Suntzu your out! You can never mention a glock in my threads. SHAME SHAME

Glockety glock glock.

[Guest Jamie]

Somebody needs to hit him with a rockety rock rock....

J.

[Mike.357]

Dude, I really wanted to know about the proper usage of [sic]. The implications were interesting, since I wrote (so it was not a 2nd hand quote) the line about "sweet numchucks" as sarcasm, as I was impersonating an editor while quoting myself. Despite my educational handicap, having never minored in English (since I already speak it good) I wanted to know the proper usage.

You've probably disappointed a lot of people by showing a rudimentary conscience here.

actually you would speak it well, just saying

[Guest Glock23ForMe]

Somebody needs to hit him with a rockety rock rock....

J.

Why?

Because your gun isn't as reliable as my (our) Glock(s)...

[Guest Jamie]

Why?

You know... Alternate F****** Weapon?

J.

Edited May 28, 2010 by Jamie
Edited to paraphrase Doc Holliday in "Tombstone".

[StPatrick]

actually you would speak it well, just saying

I'm amazed it took this long for somebody to notice that - I thought it would be funnier and more obvious than it truly was. Well done, Mike.

[Dolomite_supafly]

I would prefer a spiked club about the same size as a T ball bat. The spikes being about 1" long so they do not get stuck in bone as easily.

Secondary would be a nice quality well balanced knife.

Dolomite

[Mike.357]

I'm amazed it took this long for somebody to notice that - I thought it would be funnier and more obvious than it truly was. Well done, Mike.

I try to do my part, I figured it was a set up, nicely played!

[Guest Jamie]

Make the spikes cone-shaped instead of cylindrical and they won't hang up in bone or other solids.

J.

[Red Haired Girl]

Battery powered cattle prod. A big one.

[Guest Jamie]

Battery powered cattle prod. A big one.

We used to zap each other with those, back when I worked cattle... It never did much past make us cuss, holler, and jump.

Left some interesting burn marks though...

J.

[dlm37015]

chainsaw

[Guest SUNTZU]

Somebody needs to hit him with a rockety rock rock....

J.

Here's Johnny!

[Guest TargetShooter84]

A nagging wife....no one wants to listen to that and will leave fast!

[Guest Jamie]

A nagging wife....no one wants to listen to that and will leave fast!

Hell, I've done run two of those off...

J.

[Guest Jamie]

Here's Johnny!

Man, I am NOT Shelley Duvall... Jack would be in a world of hurt.

J.

[Guest SUNTZU]

Man, I am NOT Shelley Duvall... Jack would be in a world of hurt.

J.

[Guest Jamie]

Yup, that's what he'd be in.

And it'd be deep too.

J.

[Links2k]

Bad breath and body odor. Some of my customers have both and it always knocks me off of my feet.

[Guest Daelith]

No guns, crossbows or compound bows. That just cut out three quarters of my home arsenal. Guess I would go for the swords. Next choice would be a baseball bat. That's got me to thinking maybe I need to invest in one of those.

[Guest Jamie]

Don't overlook the potential of a good heavy walking stick, like this shillelagh:

Matter of fact, it's not a bad thing to have in addition to a gun.

J.