Three count

3… 2… 1!

or

1… 2… 3!

?

1 = go

1…

2…

2-and-a-half…

2-and-three-quarters…

2-and-fifteen-sixteenths…

7!

1 - 2 - start shooting - 3

3, 2, 1 is more for rocket scientists. Anytime I hear it I think of the old song

You too may be a big hero,
Once you’ve learned to count backwards to zero.
“In German oder English I know how to count down,
Und I’m learning Chinese!” says Wernher von Braun.

One, two, five! :smiley:

Antelope Freeway, one mile…

The question ain’t right.

1-2-3 is a count. 3-2-1 is a countdown.

:stuck_out_tongue:

Three, sir.

Paper-Rock-Scissors is 1, 2, 3, go! If “on 3” is specified, then of course it’s 1, 2, 3!

It kind of depends for me. For a race, it’s “3-2-1-go!” for me. For other instances (like I’m about to take a picture of someone, say, jumping), it’s “1-2-3-go!” No idea why. Pretty arbitrary, but that’s how I seem to do it.

Three, Sir!

The important thing is that everyone agrees on what’s what before we charge the enemy.

(I tend to go 3, 2, 1, go. Everyone OK with that? Cool, let’s get ready…)

– Carl Perkins and Elvis

1…2…3 go!

Depends
If it is starting a race 3-2-1 go

Picking up something heavy or working with someone where a coordinated movement or effort is needed

“on three 1 - 2 - 3(effort)”

or on occasions
“on lift - 3 - 2 - 1 LIFT(effort)”

When letting the kids know patience has left the building and gone for a long walk
’ it needs to be done by the count of 3 , onnnnnnnee, twwwwwwoooooo, three"

So on the countdown I use a word after the one as the action starter, on the count up, hitting 3 is the action starter.

1…2…3!

I always find it confusing when someone says “Ok, let’s go on 3” and then they start “3…” If you say ON 3, why are you STARTING with 3? Thus, if someone says that I expect it to be ON 3, then I expect the start to be ON 3, which is also why I don’t like “1…2…3…Go!”

That said, if we’re doing a 3 count, then I’m fine with 3…2…1…Go!, because I’m expecting roughly 3s and going on zero, thus is makes sense not to go on 1. Usually, particularly when it comes to lifting something heavy, that “Go” can often be silent, especially if it’s something done repeatedly. However, because some have that extra beat and some don’t, I think this one can be ambiguous.
In my experience at the gym spotting people who need lift-off, it’s almost always “1…2…3!” Often, there’s not even a “On 3” it’s just “Give me a lift-off”. Admittedly, though, it could be part of just the culture at my gym and that may or may not be universal, especially since I still run into a few people here and there that don’t.

The first Mission Impossible movie had that. Cruise says “on three” and then immediately yells “THREE!”. Made me jump, and I was just watching.

Wasn’t there some movie or TV episode where the characters debated “is is 1-2-3-go or 1-2-go?”

Lethal Weapon 2?

And I believe that particular scene is actually a callback to a scene from the beginning of the movie when one of them jumps on “Three!” while the other one watches him, confused (because he was waiting the extra second), and then an argument ensues, following the explosion or whatever it was, to the effect of, “I thought it was 1, 2, 3, then go!” “We always go on 3!” and so on.

Actually now that I think about it (and a little research), that argument scene was from the opening scene from Lethal Weapon 4, in which they are referencing the toilet bomb scene from Lethal Weapon 2.

It depends on whether you’re launching a rocket or kicking in a door.