Comment on acceptable screws
fayoh@sopuli.xyz 11 months agoFun fact speaking of regional things, in Swedish they are called “insex” (as in six on the inside)
Comment on acceptable screws
fayoh@sopuli.xyz 11 months agoFun fact speaking of regional things, in Swedish they are called “insex” (as in six on the inside)
EddoWagt@feddit.nl 11 months ago
In Dutch they are called “inbus”, which apparently comes from the German name “Innensechskantschraube Bauer und Schaurte”, where Innensechskantschraube means inside six sided screw and Bauer und Schaurte is the company who patented the screw type.
I have no idea how the name inbus came to be
Olmai@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Innensechskantschraube Bauer und Schaurte probably
EddoWagt@feddit.nl 11 months ago
Well yeah but still, who would think of that?
bane_killgrind@kbin.social 11 months ago
Germans apparently