sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 12 days agoMillions face hosepipe bans as UK heatwave reaches 34.7Cwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down11cross-posted to: unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·12 days agofyi, hosepipe == garden hose first time ive heard this british word
minus-squaresabreW4K3@lazysoci.alOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 days agoHappy Cake Day. BTW, it’s wild to me that this is the first time you’re learning of the word hosepipe.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-212 days agoAs an USian I always thought it meant spigot - the place where you connect a hose. But the Lost in the Pond YT channel taught me what it is.
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·12 days agooh damn, thanks! it also marks 2 years of uptime of this instance. ive probably heard it in passing on tv shows… i have a ton of british media, but this is first time i think i was consciously considering the word
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·12 days agoProbably because it’s not a word
fyi, hosepipe == garden hose
first time ive heard this british word
Happy Cake Day.
BTW, it’s wild to me that this is the first time you’re learning of the word hosepipe.
As an USian I always thought it meant spigot - the place where you connect a hose. But the Lost in the Pond YT channel taught me what it is.
oh damn, thanks! it also marks 2 years of uptime of this instance.
ive probably heard it in passing on tv shows… i have a ton of british media, but this is first time i think i was consciously considering the word
Probably because it’s not a word