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405 points Bogdanp | 3 comments | 26 Aug 25 00:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.706s | source
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PlunderBunny ◴[26 Aug 25 01:41 UTC] No.45021323[source]▶
Decades ago when we made a version of our Win32 desktop app for the USA, we changed the icon on our settings button from a wrench to something else (I can't remember what) because we were told that - for Americans - a wrench signified that something was broken and needed to be fixed. I guess it was about as good as all the other advice we got!
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1. JohnBooty ◴[26 Aug 25 03:07 UTC] No.45021852[source]▶
Wow. As an American, I didn't know we had special feelings about wrenches!
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2. JdeBP ◴[26 Aug 25 05:20 UTC] No.45022539[source]▶
Heh! Your feelings are so strong that you don't even call a spanner a spanner because the word entered mainstream English (during the industrial revolution) after U.S.A. independence. (-:
3. PlunderBunny ◴[26 Aug 25 05:20 UTC] No.45022541[source]▶
Yeah, I didn't believe it at the time - it was just one of those overly broad generalisations people do.