Michael A. Terrell wrote in message
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N Cook wrote:

We've always hoovered over here .
We've always referred to molegrips and stanley knives etc. Come 11/9 or
even
9/11, if you must, we all had to find out what on earth box cutters
were.


I didn't know what they were talking about either. We called them a
'Utility Knife', and the cheap ones were called 'Razor Knives' because
they used a single eedge razor blade.


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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

It was all over the UK media at the time that the crews of the planes were
overpowered by people armed only with box-cutters. As that is not , until
then, a recognised UK term , I assumed it must be a USA term.
A UK generic , ie not trade name, is a craft knife or retractable blade
craft knife.

Our dates are the other way around. We would never refer to 9/11 or even
11/9 for that matter, it would be 11th of the 9th if contracted

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