# "Son of a gun"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-gun/58>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 12, 1999, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-gun/58 "1999-05-12T19:48:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 1999, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-gun/58/1 "1999-05-12T19:48:00Z")

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Another angle on this one… A Southernism I’ve heard reference to more than once goes, “My daddy was a pistol, and I’m a son of a gun.” Pistol, of course, being an epithet for a hell-raiser. No ideas on where this originated, but that’s what we’ve got Cecil for, right? \<g\>

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Kazmeyer  
Ceci n’est pas une signature

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 1999, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-gun/58/2 "1999-05-13T19:01:00Z")

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This should be moved to the “Mailbag” MB.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 1999, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-gun/58/3 "1999-05-13T22:55:00Z")

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The Mailbag forum remains a mystery for many.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 1999, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/son-of-a-gun/58/4 "1999-05-14T00:48:00Z")

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Unfortunately, the monitors can’t move threads… only delete and edit.

Kaz, would you like to post this in the forum called COMMENTS ON CECIL’S MAILBAG ?  
Thnx