Driftwood Johnson, SASS #38283 Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 Howdy I am proposing a new rule to be voted on at the next Territorial Governors meeting. The use of the term 'Period Correct' will be banned. Sounds too much like Politically Correct. Try using an alternative term such as Historically Accurate. Shooters who are heard to use the term on a stage will have thirty seconds added to their time. Shooters who use it a second time will be ejected from the match. Ejected so that they land butt first on a Saguaro cactus. Posters who use of the term on the SASS Wire will be severely reprimanded. OK, it's January and I may be suffering from cabin fever a little bit. But I have always hated that term, and just read it one too many times. 2 Quote
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 Howdy I am proposing a new rule to be voted on at the next Territorial Governors meeting. The use of the term 'Period Correct' will be banned. Sounds too much like Politically Correct. Try using an alternative term such as Historically Accurate. Shooters who are heard to use the term on a stage will have thirty seconds added to their time. Shooters who use it a second time will be ejected from the match. Ejected so that they land butt first on a Saguaro cactus. Posters who use of the term on the SASS Wire will be severely reprimanded. OK, it's January and I may be suffering from cabin fever a little bit. But I have always hated that term, and just read it one too many times. Wait just a second, isn't "period correct" a phrase rather than a term? 1 Quote
Smokestack SASS#87384 Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 Period correct is way too specific. I prefer "historically plausible". 2 Quote
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 How's about, 'Correct period'? OLG Quote
TN Mongo, SASS #61450 Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 The phrase period correct doesn't bother me at all, but for you Driftwood, I could refrain from using it on the wire. As a high school history teacher for 41 years, I would be okay with historically accurate. Now if I hear "politically correct" one more time, I'm going to vomit. Quote
Dirty Dan Dawkins Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 How about historically accurate? Quote
twelve mile REB Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 How about comfortable and reasonably / somewhat historically accurate. 1 Quote
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 More rules ? That would be Period Correct for todays Culture ! 1 Quote
Dantankerous Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 If we're really going for period correct shouldn't at least half of us get cholera, TB, Typhus or Scarlet fever too? 1 Quote
Marshal TKD, Sass # 36984L Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 If we're really going for period correct shouldn't at least half of us get cholera, TB, Typhus or Scarlet fever too? You can keep your period correctness. I don't want no part of that. Quote
Pat Riot Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 If we were worried about perio...uh, historical accuracy wouldn't the '97... oh, never mind... Hehehe...just funnin' Quote
Cat Brules Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 (edited) All you're doing by changing the terminology is being politically correct. :-) ;-) Edited January 3, 2017 by Cat Brules, SASS #14086 Quote
Griff Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 Uhhh, Gabby, is ok if I use the phrase "correct for the period?" One less syllable than historically accurate... On the other hand, you should either put down the adult beverage, step away from the keyboard; or... have a brew bro, chill out! Quote
Tom Bullweed Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 Driftwood, don't let the left take away another perfectly good and understandable word, term, phrase or image. They already took gay, rainbow, tolerant and many others. Quote
C0ckr0ach, SASS #26100 Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 How about just letting folks use the vocabulary they wish with out censorship ! Quote
Noz Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 The term should be(for us) "Early Hollywood Correct". 1 Quote
Pat Riot Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 I have been in SASS for a while and I left for a while but I will never forget getting a little bit of a well meaning critique by a guy when I first started because my Win. 94 and Vaqueros weren't "period correct" because he asked me what Period I was trying to portray and I said "Not sure, 1880's, I guess". I had to laugh because as he was talking to me he was getting a soda from his cooler that was sitting in his rubber tired gun cart. I pointed that out to him and he got a little embarrassed and we both had a laugh about it. Quote
Snakebite Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 Well, with some of the steampuk stuff that I have seen, and some other non cowboy stuff, I think the phrase should be "Histericly accurate" Quote
Jefro, SASS#69420 Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 Yep, should be Historically Accurate............and that is Correct....Period. Quote
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 Target acquisition identification persons- are you prepared to perform you duties? Does the projectile control and launch operator understand the suggestions/directives for this course of fire? Wait for the acoustacly damaging tone and commence at the appropriate instant. Beep Or we could just shoot......and look cowboyish Imis Quote
Jabez Cowboy,SASS # 50129 Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 How my Grandad done It ... How I do It .... Brace of Open-Tops in .44 ,,, 1866 in .38 WCF. and a hammered 16 ga. Shotgun ... May Cabin fever take the day ... Jabez Cowboy Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 Must be really cold up there in the Land of the Pilgrims!! Quote
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 I always like the phrase, "of the era" to refer to things that existed back in the day, and that are still made today. You know, Colts, Winchesters and many other things that are, and are not, legal for use in our game. As far as things that were not made back in the day, but are used in our game, I prefer the phrase "evocative of the era." You know, things like the Ruger, Big Boy and other things that did not exist prior to 1900 but are made in the spirit and style of things that were. Most of which are legal for our game, but there are also a few that are not. Quote
Texas Lizard Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 The horse I rode is 3/4 ford. I take it the other 1/4 is jackass.... Texas Lizard Quote
Nickel City Dude Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 I don't see anything wrong with the term "Period Correct". We use it all the time in Civil War and Cowboy reenacting. In my opinion it is better than using the word "Costume". Quote
Harmonious Posted January 3, 2017 Posted January 3, 2017 How about, "kind of cowboy lookin' if'n ya squint yer eyes a bit?" Quote
Jefro, SASS#69420 Posted January 4, 2017 Posted January 4, 2017 The horse I rode is 3/4 ford. Hmm If the Ford part was built in Mexico, then crossed the border without paying any taxes that would be historically accurate Quote
John Henry Quick Posted January 4, 2017 Posted January 4, 2017 "Period Correct" is a phrase with meaning for reenactors who are trying to portray historical events as accurately as possible for the public. However, it seems to me that it has little use in a fantasy game like CAS. Except, however, when I tell people that my wooden gun cart is period correct! Quote
Driftwood Johnson, SASS #38283 Posted January 4, 2017 Author Posted January 4, 2017 I always like the phrase, "of the era" to refer to things that existed back in the day, and that are still made today. You know, Colts, Winchesters and many other things that are, and are not, legal for use in our game. Which brings me to the next term, or phrase on my hit list. Back in the day. Exactly when is that supposed to mean? Last week? 1960? 1945? 1880? 1776? Completely meaningless. It bugs me every time I see it. I wish folks would specify exactly what they mean, instead of using a meaningless phrase like Back In The Day. Quote
Griff Posted January 4, 2017 Posted January 4, 2017 Which brings me to the next term, or phrase on my hit list. Back in the day. Exactly when is that supposed to mean? Last week? 1960? 1945? 1880? 1776? Completely meaningless. It bugs me every time I see it. I wish folks would specify exactly what they mean, instead of using a meaningless phrase like Back In The Day. It's contextually defined. Quote
Driftwood Johnson, SASS #38283 Posted January 4, 2017 Author Posted January 4, 2017 What context is there when somebody asks 'What kind of revolvers did they shoot back in the day'? Quote
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