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minus-squareAppleTea ( AppleTea@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days ago“Air Conditioner”, meanwhile, is the kind of name americans in the 50s give products to make them sound slightly futuristic and the next in a long line of purchases necessary for the Middle Class™ life. Twenty years on and its an abbreviation.
minus-squareCalypsoGirl ( CalypsoGirl@lemmy.today ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoAn abbreviation that sometimes needs clarification since Americans also became too lazy to say “Alternating Current.” Hypothetical conversation: “Something something AC.” “Hmm, do you mean alternating current? Or air conditioning?”
“Air Conditioner”, meanwhile, is the kind of name americans in the 50s give products to make them sound slightly futuristic and the next in a long line of purchases necessary for the Middle Class™ life. Twenty years on and its an abbreviation.
An abbreviation that sometimes needs clarification since Americans also became too lazy to say “Alternating Current.”
Hypothetical conversation:
“Something something AC.”
“Hmm, do you mean alternating current? Or air conditioning?”