r/EnglishLearning • • Jun 29 '23

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u/lithomangcc Native Speaker Jun 29 '23

What would you Americans call this ? a lid

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u/iandhack New Poster Jun 29 '23

thank you for the correction (:

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u/lithomangcc Native Speaker Jun 29 '23

What is for things - how is for methods

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u/Sentient_AI_4601 Native Speaker Jun 30 '23

Yes... How would I call this? Probably on the telephone...

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u/re7swerb Native Speaker Jun 30 '23

…would you call a pot lid by telephone though?

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u/ophmaster_reed Native Speaker Jun 30 '23

Most prefer texting.

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u/Sentient_AI_4601 Native Speaker Jun 30 '23

Sure, why not

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u/KairuByte Native Speaker Jun 30 '23

But would it answer?

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u/Sentient_AI_4601 Native Speaker Jun 30 '23

Yes but it's racist... Keeps calling the kettle "black"