Ever notice in some movies archers are ordered to “fire” in an era before gunpowder and bullets existed?

[monotoneofbill@mastodon.world]

Ever notice in some movies archers are ordered to “fire” in an era before gunpowder and bullets existed?

[jdmcg@mastodon.nz]

@MonotoneofBill that's because their captain is asking them to use fire arrows not fire arrows.

Pretty basic stuff.

[deirdrebeth@mas.to]

@jdmcg @MonotoneofBill

I presume "loose" is the previous command, but honestly finding out that "Hi" is WAY older than anyone gives it credit for makes me question everything!

[jwcph@helvede.net]

@MonotoneofBill I was literally thinking that just last night watching LOTR, during the Helm's Deep battle funnily enough, they call "fire" in English but, according to the captions, "release arrows" in Elvish...