Sunday, October 15, 2017
Brits had it right
It's common in tech or mech fields to find British and American terminology overlapping in odd ways.
Here's one I hadn't noticed before. From the same 1935 magazine as the Hivac submini tube in previous item...
The flat-jawed clip is a bulldog and the sharp-jawed clip is a crocodile, which makes sense.
Americans call the flat-jawed version a crocodile and the sharp-jawed version an alligator, which doesn't make sense.
The flat-jawed clip is a bulldog and the sharp-jawed clip is a crocodile, which makes sense.
Americans call the flat-jawed version a crocodile and the sharp-jawed version an alligator, which doesn't make sense.Labels: Alternate universe, Language update
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