r/SipsTea • u/Quenki • 13h ago

Gasp! Just American things

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u/DuX14 10h ago

Has this guy never been to the US? Hardly any Americans say half of this stuff except for sidewalk.

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u/Cliffinati 9h ago

And the sidewalk once is nonsensical, pavement is a material not a proper thing.

Roads are paved, sidewalks are paved, I've seen paved basketball courts before.

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u/nostradumbass7544678 9h ago

And this from the people who call dish soap 'washing up liquid'

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u/fastsailor 6h ago

Of course, it is not soap, so why call it soap?

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u/Kevadu 5h ago

It's a kind of soap though...

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u/billybobthongton 4h ago

Wtf is hand soap then? Chemically speaking; you're correct unless its lye (etc.) but literally nobody uses that anymore because, hey, shits fucking way more rough than it needs to be for 99% of cleaning. Would you prefer "detergent"? Because either way "washing up liquid" is just as "over explained" as "horseback riding" or "eyeglasses"