They could shoot you and then put you down the garbage chute.

Hi,

Not sure what you mean by that im sure it makes sense though.
Can you explain please?

 

Hi,

Not sure what you mean by that im sure it makes sense though.
Can you explain please?

We're have some good natured fun at your expense because you misused the word shoot to mean the pneumatic tube that is used to convey the deposit slip and or money to and from the teller. They used to use those tubes in department stores before they had cash registers on the floor.

 

Good one ... but are you sure you intended to post it in this thread?

Yes I did, but it took me a minute to find the specific reference to the misuse of the word "shoot". There is also a famous meme on the misuse of the Oxford comma.

 

Yes I did, but it took me a minute to find the specific reference to the misuse of the word "shoot". There is also a famous meme on the misuse of the Oxford comma.

And here I thought I had a fairly good grasp of the English language...

 

And here I thought I had a fairly good grasp of the English language...

Listen my friend, your command of English is quite extraordinary. Also, your English is way better than my Spanish. For Spanish I have to rely on my oldest daughter. She is a lovely lady.

 

We're have some good natured fun at your expense because you misused the word shoot to mean the pneumatic tube that is used to convey the deposit slip and or money to and from the teller. They used to use those tubes in department stores before they had cash registers on the floor.

We called them 'Bunny Tubes'.
https://flic.kr/p/L37dwF

 

We called them 'bunny tubes'.
https://flic.kr/p/L37dwF

And they're still in use, I believe. Especially on the pharmaceutical industry.

 

How does "Draws a gun and shoots two shots in the air" get to
the word shoot to mean the pneumatic tube that is used to convey the deposit slip and or money to and from the teller?
They're nowhere near the same.
Brzrkr

 

How does "Draws a gun and shoots two shots in the air" get to
the word shoot to mean the pneumatic tube that is used to convey the deposit slip and or money to and from the teller?
They're nowhere near the same.
Brzrkr

Same pronunciation, but different spelling

1. shoot
2. chute

 

We're have some good natured fun at your expense because you misused the word shoot to mean the pneumatic tube that is used to convey the deposit slip and or money to and from the teller. They used to use those tubes in department stores before they had cash registers on the floor.

Hi,

Oh that's great and i can take a joke i love comedy.
However, maybe the joke is on you guys because "shoot" is an alternate word acceptable for "chute". You can say shoot or chute and mean the same thing, a tube or passageway where something is placed assuming it will follow its way down (or maybe even up) the passageway.
"He put the shirt in the laundry shoot"
"She put the scarf in the laundry chute".
Either way is acceptable.

He he

PS you might have noticed that a lot of words that were not acceptable 60 years ago now are. The bestest example is probably "Ain't".

 

Either way is acceptable.

.... as confirmed by the Oxford English Dictionary.

 

I worked in a nuclear reactor where we would send "rabbits" down the chute.

 

If they shoot me, then I have been shot. But if they chute me was I chuted or shot?

No wonder I have issues with the english language.

kv

 

 

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If they shoot me, then I have been shot. But if they chute me was I chuted or shot?

No wonder I have issues with the english language.

kv

Let me see if i can confuse you just a little bit more...

The point you have raised might be a good example of a non sequitur.
The way i understand it is that we can say "shoot" or "chute" for a tube or passageway but we can not say "chute" for shooting a target or animal with a gun for example
So shoot for chute but not always chute for shoot

 

Same pronunciation, but different spelling

1. shoot
2. chute

But wouldn't this be the same as someone misusing a word?
Like you wouldn't type: "Witch" one of you are Gary?
And it's totally different meaning according to how you spell it.
Shoot means to fire a projectile, Chute means a channel or slide to move or convey things. Chute can be short for parachute also but I wouldn't type parashoot. That why I didn't get how this got from one to the other.
Brzrkr

 

Interesting news.
The Eu guy Neil Ferguson who's computer virus models were being used to drive the lockdown orders around the WHOLE world resigned. He was caught violating his own rules for social distancing by sleeping with a married woman.
Ha ha ha ha.
He has been completely wrong for a long time not just with this virus but with others too in the past. His fatality predictions have been very far off projecting 200million dead by now and the same thing happened with another flu where his estimate was way high and it never panned out.

 

But wouldn't this be the same as someone misusing a word?
Like you wouldn't type: "Witch" one of you are Gary?
And it's totally different meaning according to how you spell it.
Shoot means to fire a projectile, Chute means a channel or slide to move or convey things. Chute can be short for parachute also but I wouldn't type parashoot. That why I didn't get how this got from one to the other.
Brzrkr

You can go one way but not the other.
Shoot for chute but not always chute for shoot.
As with many other words in language, it depends on the context not just the spelling.

As far as i know, 'which' and 'witch' are not ever interchangeable. That could change in the future, but i doubt this one will.

 

You can go one way but not the other.
Shoot for chute but not always chute for shoot.
As with many other words in language, it depends on the context not just the spelling.

As far as i know, 'which' and 'witch' are not ever interchangeable. That could change in the future, but i doubt this one will.

Actually, they did a play on 'which' vs 'witch' in the movie "Practical Magic". The detective and one of the sisters are talking about belladonna and the detective says, "Some people also use it as a poison." The sister responds with, "Which people?" to which the detective laughs and counters with, "Witch people."