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One of our sites uses the word "hopper", and I was once told that when a client asks what it means, our UK people tell them it's an American term, and our US pe
by Izkata 3y ago
One of our sites uses the word "hopper", and I was once told that when a client asks what it means, our UK people tell them it's an American term, and our US people tell them it's a British term.
- b112 3y agoJokes on all of you, it's a Canuck word.
- jahewson 3y agoThat’s funny. It’s definitely an actively used term in the U.K. though I can imagine people not knowing it. Outside of heavy industry I’d associate it with centuries-old flour mills. I’ve found that often when my fellow Brits complain of a word being American it’s actually just an old English word we stopped using.
- Animats 3y ago> Outside of heavy industry Even rather light industry. Coffee grinders have a feed hopper.