Cool Weapons

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Civil weapons...that's almost an oxymoron.

funny!

But I think civilian weapons is the intended meaning.

[Dammian]

Originally Posted by BigV

funny!

But I think civilian weapons is the intended meaning.

Thanks! My English is quite poor at the moment cause I had not any foreign bosses for a quite long time. No practice - no language. Tourism is not in count, but it helps

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Dammian

Thanks! My English is quite poor at the moment cause I had not any foreign bosses for a quite long time. No practice - no language. Tourism is not in count, but it helps

No your English is fine. Civil and civilian can have the same meaning.

civ·il
ˈsiv(ə)l/
adjective
1.
of or relating to ordinary citizens and their concerns, as distinct from military or ecclesiastical matters.
"civil aviation"

BigV is just explaining a joke everyone got.

[Dammian]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

BigV is just explaining a joke everyone got.

Excepting myself anyway

[BigV]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

No your English is fine. Civil and civilian can have the same meaning.

I agree, your English is just fine.

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

BigV is just explaining a joke everyone got.

I get that a lot....

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Civil weapons...that's almost an oxymoron.

Originally Posted by BigV

funny!

But I think civilian weapons is the intended meaning.

Originally Posted by Dammian

Excepting myself anyway

civ·il
ˈsiv(ə)l/
adjective
adjective: civil

--snip--

2.
courteous and polite.
"we tried to be civil to him"

Actually, Dammian, Gravdigr's joke (a pretty good one, too) was pointing out the apparent contradiction between the second definition of civil and the obvious meaning of weapons. This kind of contradiction is often used for humorous effect. Gravdigr this called this paradox an oxymoron.

ox·y·mo·ron
(ŏk′sē-mor′ŏn′)
n. pl. ox·y·mo·rons or ox·y·mo·ra (-mor′ə)
A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.

[Dammian]

Originally Posted by BigV

Actually, Dammian, Gravdigr's joke (a pretty good one, too) was pointing out the apparent contradiction between the second definition of civil and the obvious meaning of weapons. This kind of contradiction is often used for humorous effect. Gravdigr this called this paradox an oxymoron.

Ah! Got that!
Actually our criminal law regarding to self defense using guns fully accomplish that oxymoron, so this is not a joke in fact in our country of balalaika and caviar

[Gravdigr]

Aaaaaaaanyway:



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