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Grammar and Linguistics > What īs the difference?
What īs the difference?
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rose95
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What īs the difference?
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Can you clarify the difference of "a can" and "a tin", please?
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28 Oct 2010
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sulekra
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Both will refer to some container made of thin metal, and tin and can (or tin can) are synonyms where it comes to food products such as baked beans, vegetables, soups and so on... But for me, a can is always cylindrical. Like you can have a square tin, like for tobacco or jewellery or some kind of collection, but I would never call a square container a can...
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28 Oct 2010
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libertybelle
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In the USA we say would you hand me a can of beans off the shelf.
In the UK they say a tin of beans.
We also say tin cans - but rarely if they are filled with something, such as beans.
(a tin can of beans. This is not used very often)
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28 Oct 2010
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Zora
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I usually tell students"can" is normally used for both liquids (beer, juice, Coke) and food... and that "tin" is normally just for foods.
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28 Oct 2010
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Pretty3
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I thought that a can is used in USA
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a tin is used in Britain |
28 Oct 2010
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stexstme
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If I get Linda ( Zora ) right :
Can ( liquid ) I have a tin ( solid ) of baked beans , please ? 
 Sorry, Rose ;o) Not helping ;o)) |
28 Oct 2010
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ldthemagicman
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Dear rose95,
As others have said, ītin � and īcan � are two different words for the same thing. Which word you choose depends on where you live.
In the part of the UK where I live, most people use ītin �, and say "A tin of soup/beans/fruit/etc".
On television, I hear Americans using īcan �.
However, (I thnk that it is because of the influence of American television), many young people in the UK use the expression, "A can of Coke; a can of lager; etc", when referring to a a drink container.
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28 Oct 2010
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blunderbuster
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Les, do people in England use the expression "to get tinned" or is "get canned" only used in America?
Regards
P.S.: All of yesterday īs websites were non-German, even if found by Google Germany ;o)))
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28 Oct 2010
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sulekra
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 I mentioned before that I get the feeling they are synonyms except for square objects, so I īd like to ask the other native speakers if anyone would call something like this a can?
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28 Oct 2010
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