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minus-squareVindictiveJudgelinkfedilinkEnglish24•2 years agoAnd most adhesive bandages aren’t part of the Band-Aid brand, but we call them band-aids anyway.
minus-square@Socsa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink13•2 years agoMFW Americans call sterile stretchy scab stickers “Bandaids”
minus-square@Kiosade@lemmy.calinkfedilink6•2 years agoBut seriously why do British people come up with such… whimsical words for everything?
minus-square@dankm@lemmy.calinkfedilink1•2 years agoAnd now I need to design a keyboard and name it the hoighty toighty tippy typer.
And most adhesive bandages aren’t part of the Band-Aid brand, but we call them band-aids anyway.
MFW Americans call sterile stretchy scab stickers “Bandaids”
But seriously why do British people come up with such… whimsical words for everything?
And now I need to design a keyboard and name it the hoighty toighty tippy typer.
I just call them bandages.
Then stop, you weirdo.