On 12/06/2019 10:32, Max Demian wrote:

This is a pointless discussion as obviously plugging a continental
2-round-pin plug into a 3-square-pin socket (if we are still talking
about that) isn't quite the correct thing to do, but you can get away
with it in many cases, like sticking bare wires into the socket and
relying on the shutter to hold them in place. (You used to need
matchsticks.)


An old style plug without the plastic sheath is better (for some value
of "better").
I wouldn't do it these days its easy to pop a new plug on or a proper EU
to 13A convertor and they are pence.