Subj : barbed wire telephony
To   : Spectre
From : hyjinx
Date : Sun Jun 12 2022 14:17:05

On 10 Jun 2022, Spectre said the following...
 
 Sp>  hy> Oh, is *that* why most of you 'mericans don't know what a Kettle is?!
 Sp> 
 Sp> Where I come from.. a kettle is something that you fill with water, and
 Sp> bang on the stove, or another heat source to boil and 95% of the time
 Sp> has a whistle on it so you know its boiled.

So slow. So inefficient. So noisy ;) The civilised world got rid of them some
50-60 years ago <g>.

 Sp> The leccy thing on the other hand is usually a Jug... with all the usual
 Sp> leccy things going on, turns itself off.. in the days of my youth there wa
 Sp> the odd electric kettle around... The last one I saw was my grandmothers..
 Sp> looked like a traditional kettle, with a whistle no less... I don't think 
 Sp> actually turned itself off either, but... its got to be the better part 45
 Sp> years or more since I saw it.

Some (generally Northern English) people also say 'put the jug on', but I
would consider a jug something you put any volumes of non liquid or liquid
in.

Imagine a world without Kettles... whoa!

Cheers,
Al


hyjinx // Alistair Ross
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