cannedtuna@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoHow do you even pronounce UEFI?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square183linkfedilinkarrow-up1764arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1752arrow-down1imageHow do you even pronounce UEFI?lemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square183linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCapt. Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·7 days agoLike asking for a bandaid. Everyone knows what you mean, and asking for one and getting a generic bandage isn’t going to matter.
minus-squarewaz@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoIn America. Bandaid is not a word outside there, what is it? A brand name?
minus-squareedible_funk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 days agoYes, a name brand of adhesive bandage, just like Kleenex or Velcro or Xerox.
minus-squarecaptcha@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoYet it’s named in such a way, people maybe would be able to guess what it is
minus-squarewaz@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoYet if you guessed bandage, that’s not an actual bandage is it? From the other comments, I’ve learned it’s a ‘plaster’ or adhesive dressing.
minus-squarecaptcha@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoI think, I saw it in some movie or heard about it already, so I am not representative of this. If you guessed a different thing, I was wrong and it can’t be inferred, as in the same way a seller may guess wrong
Like asking for a bandaid. Everyone knows what you mean, and asking for one and getting a generic bandage isn’t going to matter.
ADHESIVE MEDICAL STRIP
In America. Bandaid is not a word outside there, what is it? A brand name?
Yes, a name brand of adhesive bandage, just like Kleenex or Velcro or Xerox.
A “plaster” in the uk
Yet it’s named in such a way, people maybe would be able to guess what it is
Yet if you guessed bandage, that’s not an actual bandage is it? From the other comments, I’ve learned it’s a ‘plaster’ or adhesive dressing.
I think, I saw it in some movie or heard about it already, so I am not representative of this. If you guessed a different thing, I was wrong and it can’t be inferred, as in the same way a seller may guess wrong