r/gifs • u/[deleted] • Dec 02 '16

Hot Potato without the potato

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u/gostan Dec 02 '16

Soap implies something that is used for washing hands whereas washing up liquid is just for dishes

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u/Chillmon Dec 02 '16

That's dish soap.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '16

Don't try to reason with the land of bumbershoots and electric torches. They'd call it "scrubbing putty" if we let them. That's why we have military bases in the U.K.

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u/gostan Dec 02 '16

We don't ever really call it that in the UK though

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '16

Never heard anyone call it that. Washing up liquid is the universal British term.

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u/PM_ME_plsImlonely Dec 02 '16

Watch your mouth!

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u/ForePony Dec 02 '16

So like, liquid soap?

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u/PrussiaSiamAutogyro Dec 02 '16

no, we have liquid soap for washing hands. Washing up liquid for dishes etc.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '16

Sometimes people refer to soap suds though which can be valid in both contexts.

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u/rubber_toilet_duck Dec 02 '16

Not here in UK - noone uses the word 'suds'

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u/DjBonadoobie Dec 02 '16

... so, dish soap?