On Sat Jul-07-2018 10:17, mark lewis (1:3634/12.73) wrote to Roger Nelson:
ml> On 2018 Jul 07 07:51:20, you wrote to All:
RN> NOTE: I thought parabellum was a type of semi-automatic pistol.
ml> it is... https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+parabellum
ml> they messed up the latin phrase when they removed the space from
ml> between the words...
ml> https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+para+bellum
I get that. I've been around long before google existed and we called the
German Lugar a parabellum pistol, but it was really the cartridge that gve it
the name. Now if you make two words out of it, (as in para bellum) it has
something to do with peace and war.
Regards,
Roger
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