• CoolMatt@lemmy.caEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I always thought us up here in America’s hat called it garbage, and those guys down in Canada’s shorts called it trash.

    I’m 31 and just googled the difference. Ohh fiuuuuuuuuuuck!

    • Revan343@lemmy.caEnglish
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      5 months ago

      That is mostly how it works now; words change meaning. Nobody I know says ‘trash can’, it’s ‘garbage can’. But yeah, they originally meant different things

      • CoolMatt@lemmy.caEnglish
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        5 months ago

        I’ve begun to love finding out old meanings and origins to words, so this one kinda tickled me. I find it interesting too