Comment on How can I get a screw like this out?
ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 2 months agoIt could be a regional thing. Where I’m from a screw with a single straight slot can be called a flathead whether the actual head of the screw is flat or domed.
Comment on How can I get a screw like this out?
ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 2 months agoIt could be a regional thing. Where I’m from a screw with a single straight slot can be called a flathead whether the actual head of the screw is flat or domed.
eRac@lemmings.world 2 months ago
It gets called that everywhere. Most people never need to know the actual specs for a screw, so language diverges from the classification system.
I usually keep the corrections to myself, but when somebody else is already correcting someone and they say the wrong thing too it becomes hard.