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Originally Posted by spndncash
make your head explode...
brand names we use to identify everyday products in America that many outside America don't understand what we mean
Q-tip, jetski, crockpot, bubble wrap, jacuzzi, chapstick, kleenex, scotch tape, sharpie, whiteout, weedeater, xacto knife, dumpster, xerox, post-it, the list goes on!
of course if you are a Brit then they have a similar list
Hoover (any vacuum), Biro (a bic pen to us), cashpoint (atm to us), JCB (any construction tractor), Lilo (inflatable pool float), matchbox (diecast toy - we use this one too or some time I hear Hot wheel from 60's 70's era)
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Having a reasonable grasp of things in the World , 11 of the things you mention are very well known in Australia
Also there is a vast difference between Australians and the British the most obvious is that regardless of what sport we can always thrash them
Oz
ps a good adjustable wrench/shifting spanner in the right hands will never round of a nut