3075: "Anachronym Challenge"

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3075: "Anachronym Challenge"

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…wait, irons used to be made out of iron?
…wait, glasses aren't made out of glass?
…wait, rubber ducks used to be made out of duck?

Not sure if I knew that people called aluminum foil "tin foil", since my family always called it aluminum foil, and I assumed tin foil was something different (which it looks like it sometimes is). (Of course, in England, it's made of aluminium instead of aluminum.)
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In England we definitely call it tin foil despite it being made of aluminium. I don't think I've heard a British person call it "aluminium foil", but I've heard Americans call it "aluminum foil".
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Re: 3075: "Anachronym Challenge"

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Here in Canada my family always said Tin Foil when talking about Aluminum foil, and yes we did talk a fair bit about tin foil. As well as the war time tea ration. Canadian TV and Radio were kind of a waste land back then so we had to make our own fun.
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