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Kiwi in the US here. It probably varies depending upon your social circles. Plenty of North Americans repair and improvise, especially those not in dense urban
by knz 10y ago
Kiwi in the US here.
It probably varies depending upon your social circles. Plenty of North Americans repair and improvise, especially those not in dense urban areas. Americans may love their disposable consumer goods but I wouldn't write of their ability to adapt and improvise just yet!
- grzm 10y agoI remember hearing (perhaps apocryphally) that the repair meaning of fix was one of the early American English words, dating back to the 1730s or so.