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Re: Faucets
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Sun, 25 Nov 2001 06:00:08 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Allan Bedford writes:
> > In lugnet.lego.direct, Martin Scragg writes:
> > In lugnet.lego.direct, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > > I think you will find that the part Rose refers to is a "faucet" when most
> > > people talk about it, even if partsref calls it a tap.... it's on a 1x2
> > I am not going to debate this, but this is a language difference. In
> > Australia, UK, and other places, the thing you have over a sink that water
> > comes out of is called a "tap", whereas in the US (and possibly others) it
> > is called a "faucet". This is just in case you or anyone else didn't
> > realize this.
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> In Canada we use both terms equally.
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> I asked a co-worker why this is. He replied that it's our vastly superior
> intellects. ;)
I guess any country that has two official languages is goona be confused about
stuff like this 8?)
> We also interchangeably use:
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> napkin and serviette
In Australia, it seems to be mainly serviette.
> trash and garbage
Probably garbage is more common here, but rubbish is probably even more widely
used.
> couch and sofa
Used to be mainly couch here, but sofa seems to be catching on - maybe because
of increased use of sofa-beds (couch-bed just doesn't sound right)?
> floor and ceiling
Depends if you're a diver or an astronaut, I guess 8?)
> OK, I made up that last one, but the rest are true. :)
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> Want a really funny one? In Canada we call it 'back bacon' but in some
> parts of the U.S. it's known as 'Canadian bacon'. Go figure.
Never heard *either* term in Australia - but I lead a pretty sheltered life 8?)
ROSCO
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| (...) While I certainly normally say faucet, I do use tap occasionally, and what I fill my water bottle with is "tap water" not "faucet water". (...) Never heard this one. (...) I have used all three, though I actually usually mean different things (...) (25 years ago, 25-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) In Canada we use both terms equally. I asked a co-worker why this is. He replied that it's our vastly superior intellects. ;) We also interchangeably use: napkin and serviette trash and garbage couch and sofa floor and ceiling OK, I made up (...) (25 years ago, 24-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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