26 Sep
2012
26 Sep
'12
2:15 p.m.
On Sep 26, 2012, at 3:31 PM, Mouse wrote:
They do. That's a reason I avoid
"modern" white goods. [In case that
idiom isn't portable, "white goods" is North American - or perhaps
Canadian? - for major appliances like ranges/stoves/etc, dishwashers,
refrigerators, laundry washers and dryers, and the like. Whether they
are actually coloured white in any particular instance is not very
relevant.]
I think it's *more* British/Canadian, but I've seen it creeping
into US usage, mostly in electronics app notes where it describes
the widest array of possible uses for a chip without actually
describing any particular use. Handy term, I guess.
- Dave