sticky?

[Ray Heath]

what does 'sticky' mean?

[Walt Calahan]

It all depends on what the meaning of 'is' is! Ha ha ha. A cultural joke.

Sticky = tacky = not dry with an adhesive quality

Or as I tried to explain to an Englishman, American's don't 'hoover' a rug. He said "What, do they suck a rug?" My reply was we vacuum a rug. But then he couldn't understand why Americans ask for bandaids when that is a trade name for a produce he called a 'plastie strip.'

So in South Wales, Australia, what does 'sticky' mean?

[L Gebhardt]

It means the thread will always be at the top of the forum.

[Ray Heath]

thnx Walt
i now realise my original question was just a tad open, L's answer is more what i was after

here in New South Wales we call a bandaid a bandaid regardless of brand, and i just realised their sticky

we vacuum the floors and keep our food cold in a fridge

thnx
Ray

[livemoa]

I think it was Winston Churchill who said that the US and Great Britain were "two countries divided by a common language".

I also vacum the floor, put my food in the fridge, but I use a sticking plaster that may, or may not be a "band aid".

When I go out and need to keep things cool I put them in a "Chilly Bin" or if I want to keep them warm, a "Thermos". At the beach, or in the shower at the gym I might wear "Jandals" to protect my feet. Ahhh language, ahhh trade names making their way into language.