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  • Date Created: 23 Jan 2013 4:44 PM Date Created
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lbittner
lbittner
23 Jan 2013

Tomato or Tomatoe?  Potato or Potatoe?

 

Here’s the deal: We all use the same products, but the words we use to describe them can differ vastly, even within the same language.  But we are one community so we want to start making it easier for our members and customers to find things by referrencing them correctly.

 

So check out the product below. What do you call it ?  All you have to do is respond to this post with the first product name that comes into your head. 

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    Stuartsjones over 12 years ago

    I posed the same question over on Google+. Here's what they're calling it over there.

     

    "A bad idea"

    "Two prong adaptor"

    "Danger plug"

    "Increase in home owners insurance"

    Ceci n'est pas une pipe"

    "Ground convertor"

     

    and worringly

     

    "CIA home torture playset!"

     

    Stuart

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    Stuartsjones over 12 years ago

    I posed the same question over on Google+. Here's what they're calling it over there.

     

    "A bad idea"

    "Two prong adaptor"

    "Danger plug"

    "Increase in home owners insurance"

    Ceci n'est pas une pipe"

    "Ground convertor"

     

    and worringly

     

    "CIA home torture playset!"

     

    Stuart

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