Posted: 12/23/2008 3:01:48 PM EDT
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Why is the 00 in 00 buckshot pronounced "double-aught"?
Is "double-oh" an acceptable pronunciation? |
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Naught is olde English for 0 or nothing. As in dreadnaught for a battleship, fear nothing. Aught is a contraction of zero. Dude, is your head like 2x normal size? I mean, you have like 50 trillion obscure facts, and at least twice that in normally useful knowledge..surely that can't fit in a normal size human head???? 
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30 ought, buck shot, 12 gauge, is sure shot, American guns, American guns 30 ought, buck shot, 12 gauge, is sure shot, American guns, American guns [Tim] Well, drop more than two million tons, Ho Chi Minh's trail was sprayed with bombs, Jungles of Laos, knew all along, That the American war had finally come, America, Land of the free, They're all minions of democracy, Debauchery, Luxury, Bacchanalia's alright to me Chorus] [Rob] Nah, I wont listen because I've only been lied to, I got a few common enemies and still I despise you, It's a, Cold mission, they pull up beside you, In your own territory, it's leaves something inside you, A wise man once told me, people are strange, I'm a stranger in a strange land, strange as the days Yeah I'm nice with the grouping, I'll stay at the range, 38 to the 40 cal A to the K |
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Naught is olde English for 0 or nothing. As in dreadnaught for a battleship, fear nothing. Aught is a contraction of zero. Smart? meh, I would have just said, "Aught = zero". That's just me though. However, it was a very informative post and I appreciate it. |
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Naught is olde English for 0 or nothing. As in dreadnaught for a battleship, fear nothing. Aught is a contraction of zero. This. And aside from ammunition, it is still "current" lingo for sizing measurements, particularly of wiring. I.E., 1/0 Gauge (one aught gauge). |
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My grandfather used to say 'aught' when he helped me with math homework
30some years ago. Around here it's second nature to say 'aught-6' or 'double -aught buck'. Also I kind of remember an old musical( The Music Man?) where the main character claimed to have graduated in aught something or other. |
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Go to the gun counter and ask them for DOUBLE ZERO BUCKSHOT TWELVE GAUGE TWO POINT SEVEN-FIVE INCH LONG SHOTGUN SHELLS  As silly as that is, I'd get what I needed. Sure beats saying, "I need some shells." "What kind?" "Doesn't matter, they're all the same." |