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Unread 03-22-2005, 03:50 AM   #1
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Default Need help with a television and magazine reference

This is a dumb question, but its been driving me nutzo.

I've seen and heard references on television and in books about shooting off a pistol and counting the shots in German.

Like:

*BANG!* "Ein!"

*BANG!* "Zwei!"

*BANG!* "Drei!"

*BANG!* "Vier!" etc, until the gun is empty.

What exactly is this a reference to? I have no idea if this is offensive to anyone or not, so if it is, please don't yell at me.
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Unread 03-22-2005, 08:24 AM   #2
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Probably a German counting the shots fired.

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Hi,

This is correct. Ein, Zwei, Drei, Vier, etc... is just one, two, three, four....
Over here (and I guess over there as well ) we teach people to count their shots. Helps to avoid confusing situations on the firing range and while cleaning
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Unread 03-22-2005, 07:29 PM   #4
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I've heard it in spanish, german, roadkill, dutch, lots of languages..
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