alt Hacker News"Bin," generally, isn't British English. We have recycling bins, for instance.
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zabzonk • today at 4:49 AM
> isn't British English.
Eh? Most commonly uttered words in UK English: "Have you put the bins out?"
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"Bin," generally, isn't British English. We have recycling bins, for instance.
> isn't British English.
Eh? Most commonly uttered words in UK English: "Have you put the bins out?"
Yes but in the USA a "bin" usually refers to a generic category of containers, often rectangular. A "recycling bin" is a specific kind of bin, and it's almost always qualified as such. If you called it a "bin" out of context people would be confused or think you're trying to be British or something.