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Note: This web page is about electric torches. Might be good to change the title?

• edwhitesell 10y ago
  Well, the title of the page is "Basic Flashlight Tutorial", so it matches as-is. Of course, Electric Torch is UK terminology (may be used elsewhere that I'm unaware of) However, Flashlight is used in the US/Canada.
  • sosuke 10y ago
    Electric Torch sounds awesome, like something from a D&D guide. I'm going to try to use that next time I ask my wife where the flashlight is. On an iPhone in the UK is the flashlight button labelled electric torch?
    • andrewaylett 10y ago
      My Android has a button labelled "Torch". It doesn't set itself on fire when I toggle it, so I'm happy enough.
    • rikkus 10y ago
      We call them personalTelephones here, old chap.
      • overcast 10y ago
        You call the Flashlight app, "personalTelephones"?
        • dsp1234 10y ago
          iPhones => personalTelephones i => personal Phones => Telephones It's a joke based on British formal speech
          • overcast 10y ago
            I get that. They were responding to what they call the Flashlight App on the iPhone.
  • rikkus 10y ago
    No-one here says 'Electric Torch' (especially not with Caps). They say 'torch' and, as far as I'm aware, 'flashlight' is a perfectly valid term for what this article refers to, so perhaps the GP is being humorous.
• mikestew 10y ago
  As a native-born American, I would have no problem with a headline from The Guardian talking about the basics of using a torch. I would briefly wonder if they're referring to the electric things that make light, or the flamey things you hold in your hand, and shortly after conclude that of course they mean "flashlight". But unlike "torch" as far as I know "flashlight" has a single meaning. Were you truly confused by the headline, or just being pedantic?