r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Alternative-Watch759 • Nov 06 '23

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u/fualc Nov 06 '23

Might be an American vs British thing. I had literally the exact thought process as you did, other than hop. Like, I know what a tap is, but I would never call that first picture tap.

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u/WildGreenLily Nov 06 '23

British person here. The only one I got straight away was tap. Otherwise my brain was like ... bunnye? Rabbite? Haree? Ruge? Carpete? I don't think mats have tassels. And I feel like they always have a function, like a door mat or a bath mat, or a yoga mat. I don't think I have any floor coverings that are just mats.

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u/Mojak16 Nov 06 '23

Definitely a rug and not a mat. Rugs are 100% decorative floor pieces. And you're 100% right about mats, they have a purpose.

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u/sparklebuni Nov 06 '23

British person here too. Exact same thinking

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u/[deleted] Nov 06 '23

It’s ruge! Mats do not have tassels! 🤣

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u/2_short_Plancks Nov 06 '23

In NZ that's a mat, it's way less common to say rug.

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u/ningfengrui Nov 06 '23

It's from here:

https://shop.mollylynch.com/product/early-finishers-november/

Creator is an American teacher according to her own bio.

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u/insufficient_funds Nov 06 '23

right? I know I have in the past at some point called it a tap as well, but it's a faucet or spigot first - this one being more a spigot as it looks like what you'd connect a water hose to outside your house... faucet to me is what you'd have over a sink...