![]() ![]() The standard command in English to archers was, and I understand still is in archery circles, "Loose!" because that's what an archer does. Sometime since "fire a gun" began to be used in 1530, we illogical human beings began to use fire to "fire a bullet" and then to "fire an arrow" even though no fire is involved. : Until Mel Gibson remakes the entire movie entirely in Latin, Greek, and Aramaic as he did for "The Passion of the Christ", the entire dialogue will be equally anachronistic. : : Of one thing I think we can be sure that whatever order was given in first century Roman galleys, it wasn't 'Ready, aim, fire!'. : : There are a lot of stories about that film (many no doubt apocryphal: the red sports car, the wrist watches, the dying stuntman and so on) which cast some doubt on its historical veracity. I've not been able to find any internet references to the origin of the phrase and was wondering if anyone here might be able the shed some light on the subject. At one point, deck hands are loading catapults with flaming pitch and an officer shouts out: "READY! AIM! FIRE!" I've always assumed that the phrase related to the use of guns and rifles, so hearing it used in another context intrigued me. : : : There is a scene in the movie Ben Hur in which two fleets of ships engage in battle. In Reply to: Ready, aim, fire posted by RRC on Septemat 16:55: ![]() ![]() Posted by Victoria S Dennis on Septemat 06:39 ![]()
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