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This is a normal post I did wonder this the other day,
gunpowder was presumably invented before guns, so what does the word "gun" actually mean? Why isn't it called "bangpowder" or something?
 (I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 10:47, Reply)
This is a normal post That name was already taken
by Rohypnol
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 10:49, Reply)
This is a normal post Looks like it might have originally been imaginatively called "black powder"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 10:51, Reply)
This is a normal post it says known as "black powder" since the late 19th century
apparently the word "gun" originally referred to any projectile-hurling weapon
www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=gun
and we got it from the Chinese who had already invented guns as well, which I didn't know.
 (I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 10:58, Reply)
This is a normal post Ah, it's simple then
We tell them guns are Chinese and therefore unpatriotic - job done :-)
 (MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 11:01, Reply)
This is a normal post if guns were chinesed only the chinese would have guns

(I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 11:02, Reply)