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I'm in the Air National Guard, and its very much a thing. Typically at the beginning or end of a brief/meeting when you're about to go out and do something.
by griffinkelly 3y ago
I'm in the Air National Guard, and its very much a thing. Typically at the beginning or end of a brief/meeting when you're about to go out and do something.
- hinkley 3y agoBut it's not a thing in movies, so nobody wonders why they say that in movies. Because nobody says that in movies. It's been 'synchronize watches' since WWII movies became a thing.
- wrp 3y agoI've seen practically every B-grade and up WWII movie made in English, and I don't remember ever seeing the use of "hack". Anybody please point to movie references if they know any.
- hinkley 3y agoMy memory isn’t what it used to be but I think this is the first time I’ve heard it too, if that wasn’t already clear from my tone above.
- ksaj 3y agoScroll through the comments. Someone quoted a MASH scene that uses it. It's a TV show and not a movie, but at least it's an example in the wild.
- hinkley 3y agoMASH is culturally important but it’s not The Guns of Navarone or A Bridge Too Far. If Bridge on the River Kwai had watches, Sir Alec Guinness would have not yelled hack.
- rconti 3y agoI've never heard "hack" in this context either. "On my mark!" is what I think of.