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Dina:
 :D

Bad Alias:
I've noticed most people don't think of government employees authorized to carry guns when talking generally about guns.

Lewis and Clark had a repeating air rifle that was capable of taking down game. They can be very powerful. Most of us think of bb guns when we hear air rifle, which aren't very powerful.

We call that mediation here too.

I accidentally brought a knife into a courthouse today. It's okay because 1) it's a harmless pocket knife, 2) I can, and did, skip security, and 3) it was actually legal for me to bring my gun in.

Finally, I'm often annoyed by South and Central Americans stating something along the lines of "all of the Americas are America and everybody from the Americas is an American" in English. Maybe in Spanish, but not in English. Just like I've never heard "Estados Unidos Mexicanos" outside of a Spanish class, people don't generally run around saying United States of America, and I have never heard anyone say I'm a United States of American. The word for that in English is American. The word for someone from North/Central/South America is North/Central/South American. There is a Spanish word for Americans that isn't Americano, estadounidense, but when having this conversation with my friend from Honduras in Honduras, neither one of us could recall the word. There isn't an English word that I'm aware of like that. Estadounidense would translate to something like "United Stater" or "United Statsian," which, taken literally, could equally be applied to Mexicans. I find it annoying because it is usually done in an "ackchyually, you stupid Gringo" tone, of which I am not accusing you.

Dina:
I knew you had the concept of mediation, but I was not sure if my translation of the word "mediación" was accurate, as I am not very used to legalese (in English. In Spanish, I am relatively fluent because I've taken dictations from my dad more than once).

I am not trying to say that you or anyone else is being stupid, and I don't think that is the case. I've known brilliant people here. Nevertheless, I've been telling people that since I've joined this forum and I am not going to stop now. I think most people from USA simply does not realize how colonialist that word sounds for us many of us and I am just trying to make people aware of that. Not stop using the word, of course, but just thinking of it. When someone tries to tell me I don't live in América, it annoys me, I can't help it (I generally say "US citizens" but with another forumite (from USA) we used to jokingly say "USers"). Give me some credit for writing so many posts in English without using "Americans"  :P.

Being honest, what really, really annoys me is when people in my country or other Latin American Countries use "Americano" instead of norteamericano o estadounidense. None of those words is perfect, but it's the correct word and it is not bad for us. When we really want to say "From North America", including México and Canada, we use some expression like "americanos del norte" o "gente de América del Norte". I really wish my own people was not so brainwashed, because as you said, in Spanish we are all "americanos", There are not many Americas, there is only one. That is why there is the OAS, Organization of American States, which does not mean the States of USA but the Countries of America.

Arjan:

--- Quote from: Fcrate on February 06, 2019, 11:18:04 PM ---1. You are correct. You have to use much more force with a dull knife. It doesn't give you little cuts like a sharp one but when it breaks through, or slips, you could cause yourself a serious injury.

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If you have to use force which you usually don't have to do if you only chop some vegetables. It must be sharp enough for that of course but not so sharp that it cuts your fingers before you even notice it.

--- Quote ---2. Some of them are pretty average. Besides, it's all I can have without paying a ton to get a license. (Besides a background check on family up to the 3rd degree relatives)

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You can not shoot with a firearm in the backyard here even if you have a license so if you don't want to go to the range every time then an air gun is the only alternative.

morriswalters:

--- Quote from: Arjan on February 07, 2019, 12:28:25 PM ---If you have to use force which you usually don't have to do if you only chop some vegetables. It must be sharp enough for that of course but not so sharp that it cuts your fingers before you even notice it. You can not shoot with a firearm in the backyard here even if you have a license so if you don't want to go to the range every time then an air gun is the only alternative.

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We live in alternate realities when it comes to sharp implements. 

And I'm from Kentucky, where my sisters next door neighbor has a range in his backyard where he fires multiple weapons using gunpowder. Of course she is in the suburbs.  Shooting a gun in the back yard is illegal inside the urban limit in almost every jurisdiction that I'm aware of.  Even Texas. :)

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