11-11-2015, 05:11 PM
(10-11-2015, 07:23 PM)Murphyv310 Wrote: The Yanks are somewhat odd with their description.
Tube = A pipe, smarties, inner part of toilet roll
Plate= Something to eat your dinner off.
Schematic= Old Hoover automatic washing machine
Trunk= often found on nelliphants
AM Radio= A Radio that always goes faulty in the afternoon
NTSC= We all know that one
Hood= For keeping the engine dry
Pants= What over your trousers.
Ooops I've lost the plot
I think "tube" is probably a better term. It was used also in the USA to refer to the whole TV set. I think sometimes TV repairmen used to sometimes use the term "tube" as well.
"Hood" was used in a Hitchcock film I have to describe criminals.
