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[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago (6 children)

And most adhesive bandages aren't part of the Band-Aid brand, but we call them band-aids anyway.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (3 children)

MFW Americans call sterile stretchy scab stickers "Bandaids"

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (2 children)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

But seriously why do British people come up with such… whimsical words for everything?

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