r/SipsTea • u/Quenki • 13h ago

Gasp! Just American things

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u/bwoest 11h ago

I can’t take this criticism seriously from the culture which refers to soap as “washing-up liquid”.

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u/Fannnybaws 11h ago

Differentiates it from a bar of soap..plus it's a liquid

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u/PyroFox004 10h ago

well that works in the other way too. the only reason people say 'eyeglasses' is because 'glasses' can also refer to multiple glass cups.

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u/Current-Log8523 9h ago

Like taskmaster which asked to grab a box to fit 20 glasses...then come to find out they are actually drinking glasses.

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u/Primary_Mycologist95 9h ago

Surely there would be enough context clues for you to work with there?

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u/Embarrassed_Emu1615 9h ago

And it is used to wash dishes, or the washing up. 

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u/Dynamite_McGhee 9h ago

“Dish soap” also differentiates it from a bar of soap.

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u/Fannnybaws 7h ago

"Dish soap" to me would be a bar of soap that goes in a soap dish

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u/SameAgainTheSecond 11h ago edited 9h ago

what do yanks call it?
( i am officially closing this question. I have received enough information; thank you and good day)

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u/mecengdvr 10h ago

It’s just called soap. If there is a need to differentiate…like asking someone to pick up soap from the store, then you would call it liquid soap or bar soap.

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u/MJ_Live92 10h ago

Soap, as they just said lol.

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u/SameAgainTheSecond 11h ago

also apparently you call a frying pan a "skillet" so thats probalby +1 for the colonials

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u/icantbeatyourbike 10h ago

Be honest, you call it dish soap, just like the dude said.

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u/SameAgainTheSecond 10h ago

I call it washing up liquid, or maybe by brand, I don't think ive ever said dish soap. That makes me think that im going to rub a bar of soap on a plate.

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u/SameAgainTheSecond 10h ago

but what about like fairy washing up liquid vs liquid hand soap

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u/mecengdvr 10h ago

It’s just called soap. If there is a need to differentiate…like asking someone to pick up soap from the store, then you would call it liquid soap or bar soap.

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u/SameAgainTheSecond 10h ago

we have liquid soap that is for hands as well, which I would assume is what was being refered to if someone asked for liquid soap.

what do you call that vs the thicker grees busting stuff i call washing up liquid like this

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u/Jon3laze 10h ago

We differentiate them by dish soap and hand soap. Dish soap gets grease off dishes and oil off of birds. Hand soap generally has moisturizers to not be as harsh on your skin.

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u/Devillicious1981 9h ago

What do you use on cutlery and drinking glasses then?

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u/Jon3laze 9h ago

Silverware/utensils and cups are considered dishes so dish soap. ;)

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u/Devillicious1981 16m ago

Not in this land lol

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u/mecengdvr 10h ago

Dish soap. Sometimes dish detergent.

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u/The_Geralt_Of_Trivia 10h ago

Because it's not soap, it's detergent.