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Only because you are looking downstream do you complain, but as an American trying to learn Dutch, I now see just how screwed up English is thanks to all the mi
by blunte 6y ago
Only because you are looking downstream do you complain, but as an American trying to learn Dutch, I now see just how screwed up English is thanks to all the mixing of powers and cultures (and isolated non writers) of England over time.
But let's talk about "bin". That is the second word of "rubbish bin" I assume. So why adopt the general, non rubbish word as your standard trash container name? Because of that odd choice, now you have to explicitly state what kind of non-rubbush bin a bin is else it is confusedly assumed to be the trash.
- reaperducer 6y ago"Trash" for Americans is short for "trash can," which traces its roots to "ash can." When my parents grew up, people in cities still burned their trash in their backyards, or in special cans on their balconies. The ashes were put in an "ash can" and put out for the "ash man" to collect. When burning became illegal, people started throwing garbage in their ash cans, and the word transformed into "trash can." At least that's the story as related to me by my parents and grandparents. The ones who are still alive still refer to it as an "ash can" for this reason.