TIL “Inbus” is not really equivalent to Innensechskant, as it refers to a company that produces allen keys and has just become synonymous with it in German, like “Tempo” has for tissues.
Comment on Here we have a rare glimpse of the mother Allen key nursing her young.
Ravi@feddit.org 2 months ago
This is not an Allen key, it’s an Innensechskantschlüssel nursing it’s Innensechskantnachwuchsschlüsselset.
DivineDev@piefed.social 2 months ago
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 months ago
yeah, in my house we’d call them plus screwdrivers and stanley screwdrivers. i call them slot screwdrivers (probably, i’m typing not screwing) now, but thanks for that mindfuck dad.
webp@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Nonspeakers will die before reaching the end of that sentence