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2026-05-08 23:04 UTC
@piebob@metasocial.com I don’t think I would know if I hadn’t watched a lot of British TV… I grew up with “anything that holds tea is a teapot, anything that holds coffee is a coffee pot.” Kettle is just not a word I encountered often. Could be a regional thing, I grew up outside of Milwaukee.
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@piebob@metasocial.com 2026-05-08 23:56
@RangerRick@redwombat.social right, but a kettle doesn't hold tea. i see people referring to kettles as teapots all the time and i don't understand how that is happening. i can understand people not knowing the difference between a teapot and a coffeepot from looking at them (because coffeepots were used similarly to teapots in the past).