• Revan343@lemmy.caEnglish
    112·
    1 month ago

    Technically garbage rather than trash, if we’re being pedantic

    • CoolMatt@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      1 month 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
        2·
        1 month 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
          2·
          1 month 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