6 ms·
This list somehow doesn't have "converter" (to refer to a television remote), which was the first word to unexpectedly baffle my American coworkers the first ti
by teqsun 1y ago
This list somehow doesn't have "converter" (to refer to a television remote), which was the first word to unexpectedly baffle my American coworkers the first time I said it, to my own surprise.
- Rendello 1y agoI'm from Northern Ontario and never heard that one, but I was also surprised by a missing term: "transport". In my neck of the woods, that's how we refer to a semi-truck / 18-wheeler.
- werdnapk 1y agoI've never heard that one... what part of the country is that from?
- eigenspace 1y agoWhere are you from? I'm from BC and I've never heard that one either.
- cluoma 1y agoI grew up in BC as well and never heard it. My parents were from Ontario and always called it the flipper. Because it flips channels I guess. Felt like every household had a different name for it though.
- throaway955 1y agonever heard of that, but always delighted my friends when id ask for the channel changer
- tempest_ 1y agoConverter was definitely heard when I was growing up and I would know what you were talking about 100% Now a days I am probably more likely to say "Clicker" unless otherwise prompted.
- mhurron 1y agoI think that's actually going to be more of an age thing as well. The converter wasn't just the remote, but the little box, separate from the TV, needed to convert signals for an older TV. Basically, the 'cable box' or the 'satalite box.' But ya, 45 years old, grew up in Toronto and Southern Alberta and it was a converter, until it wasn't.
- osigurdson 1y agoWhat is it converting?