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01/12/2006 19:22:47
 
 
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01/12/2006 12:57:41
Dragan Nedeljkovich (En ligne)
Now officially retired
Zrenjanin, Serbia
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>>>>BTW a faucet is a "tap" here. An electricity "outlet" we call a "socket" - hence plug and socket.
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>>>Seems to be the word "tap" is still in use this side of the puddle, but only in case of beer flowing through it. "Faucet" seems to sell better, maybe because it sounds French.
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>>But the french for tap is "robinet"
>
>Who cares? It's about selling taps, not actual meaning and usage of words :).
>
>When was the last time salespeople actually cared about what the words meant? Did they refrain from selling a new kind of gadget just because the previous version of it was labeled as "ultimate"?

I love it that everyone's selling you a "solution" before they even know what your problem is
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.
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