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Re: P1853 "Enfield" Rifled Musket
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:52 pm
by Tower75
Oh, thought you were joking.
Peeps = People
Re: P1853 "Enfield" Rifled Musket
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:53 pm
by dromia
Really, where did that come from?
Re: P1853 "Enfield" Rifled Musket
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:54 pm
by Tower75
About 1988, I think
Re: P1853 "Enfield" Rifled Musket
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:55 pm
by dromia
Ok I've got the when so its a recent vernacular fashion thing but where did it come from?
Are you American BTW?
Re: P1853 "Enfield" Rifled Musket
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:57 pm
by Tower75
No I'm not.
Where did what come from? "peeps"? I'm not sure. It's been short for "people" quite a while
Re: P1853 "Enfield" Rifled Musket
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:01 pm
by ovenpaa
How old is the P1853?
Re: P1853 "Enfield" Rifled Musket
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:04 pm
by Tower75
The lock is stamped TOWER 1855, that's the only date on it, unfortunately. Of course, that doesn't mean that was when the baarrel was made. But I doubt it's far off from that date.
Re: P1853 "Enfield" Rifled Musket
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:17 pm
by ovenpaa
I will PM you
Re: P1853 "Enfield" Rifled Musket
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:36 pm
by dromia
Tower.75 wrote:No I'm not.
Where did what come from? "peeps"? I'm not sure. It's been short for "people" quite a while
Never knowingly seen or heard it used before, to me peeps is the plural of peep which is to look quickly at something someone usually through an opening of some kind.
Re: P1853 "Enfield" Rifled Musket
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:39 pm
by dromia
BTW why didn't you just say people or don't you use that word any more, have you replaced it with "peeps" in your lexicon?