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CB slang is horrible

badfish

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When you guys talk on the radio do you use "CB slang"? You know...BUMP BUMP, I gust got down, no doubt about it, etc. etc.? What if you walked into McDonalds and placed your order like this...

"Hey Timmy, Hey Timmy... I need a Big Mac BUMP BUMP! And a large fries....NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! And why don't you throw in a large chocolate shake....AND I JUST GOT DOWN"!!!

I wonder if guys that talk like this on the radio also talk like this while cashing their paycheck, ordering food, talking to their lawyer, or talking to a police officer that just pulled them over.

I'm sure glad I don't have any of these phrases in my vocabulary when I talk. My point? If you don't talk like that in person, don't do it over the air. Maybe CB wouldn't have such a hillbilly reputation.

Just my $0.02. Please carry on.
 

I agree that much of it is silly but put it in perspective, any type of sport or hobby has it's own language and even how it is spoken.

You wouldn't say QSL in your McDonalds order. When I used to be involved with football I noticed that the QB's all made their calls at the line of scrimmage in a similar manner (a guy from NY might sound like he's from Miss).

In surfing you'll get guys out in the lineup speaking differently than they would on shore. :)

I even had a friend once in college who later on in life realized he was gay - I ran into him years later and he had developed a lisp which he didn't have in college and he talked differently. I thought that didn't make much sense.

"And I just got down"...that one always makes me laugh.
 
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When you guys talk on the radio do you use "CB slang"? You know...BUMP BUMP, I gust got down, no doubt about it, etc. etc.? What if you walked into McDonalds and placed your order like this...

"Hey Timmy, Hey Timmy... I need a Big Mac BUMP BUMP! And a large fries....NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! And why don't you throw in a large chocolate shake....AND I JUST GOT DOWN"!!!

I wonder if guys that talk like this on the radio also talk like this while cashing their paycheck, ordering food, talking to their lawyer, or talking to a police officer that just pulled them over.

I'm sure glad I don't have any of these phrases in my vocabulary when I talk. My point? If you don't talk like that in person, don't do it over the air. Maybe CB wouldn't have such a hillbilly reputation.

Just my $0.02. Please carry on.



It wouldn't bother anyone at the McDonalds anywhere by me. Most of the workers can't make change if the cash register is down and english is their second language.
I talk plain english on the radio.
 
That's a big-ol Ten-Four there Hand. Keep the shiny side up, the dirty side down and keep her between the ditches.

That one never bothered me because it makes sense, although it is pointing out the obvious :)

Everyone complains about the slang but if in an alternate reality channel 6 had a bunch of people saying "Good day sir and how are you", "Fine sir, thank you for asking, your radio is sounds very well today" they would all missing the "good ol days" with the slang :)
 
hahahahha ... 3's with ease, I appreciate the squeeze, you locked down my receiver when you pulled the lever, put it on the fine family, from the smallest to the tallest, and tell the big boys with the big toys the unknown soldier bumped and thumped and pulled it all back...and I just got down..
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA !!!!!


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Any time I have heard anything on channel 6 I just figured they had brain damage from all that RF they were running. :whistle:That pretty much sums up what I think of it.

hahahahha ... 3's with ease, I appreciate the squeeze, you locked down my receiver when you pulled the lever, put it on the fine family, from the smallest to the tallest, and tell the big boys with the big toys the unknown soldier bumped and thumped and pulled it all back...and I just got down..
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA !!!!!


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See my point? :whistle:
 

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