(In the US, his name would translate as Count Trash Can-Face or Count Garbage Can-Face.)

JumpCrisscross 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

"Bin," generally, isn't British English. We have recycling bins, for instance.

Yes but in the USA a "bin" usually refers to a generic category of containers, often rectangular. A "recycling bin" is a specific kind of bin, and it's almost always qualified as such. If you called it a "bin" out of context people would be confused or think you're trying to be British or something.

	▲	georgemcbay 43 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, I'd say it exists in a linguistic grey-zone where understanding is a lot more common than usage. Practically no American ever calls a garbage can a "bin" (though like you say we do have a concept of generic 'bins') but a lot of Americans will immediately know what you mean if you say it, sort of like "flat" and "apartment" (nobody calls them flats in the US, but many people know what you're talking about if you say it).

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zabzonk 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> isn't British English.

Eh? Most commonly uttered words in UK English: "Have you put the bins out?"

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titanomachy 2 hours ago | parent [-]

He means not exclusively British English

	▲	Lio 32 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Then he should probably say that. Almost no words are exclusively "British English", or as it's colloquially known "English", as it is the original and oldest dialect of the language.

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josemanuel 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Same in the UK. If you look at his pic, you’ll see it’s literal!

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gwerbin 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Or in Massachusetts, Count Barrelface.