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greggsy
1571 days ago
‘Whitegoods’ is commonly used in Australia too.
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mstade
1571 days ago
In Sweden also. We say "vitvaror" which literally translates to white goods.
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BurningPenguin
1571 days ago
Same in German: "Weißwaren" also translates directly to white goods. I think it's amazing to see the similarities in languages.
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biztos
1571 days ago
Wow I’d never heard (or at least noticed) that and I speak German. Turns out they have red, brown and black too.
https://www.hotelier.de/lexikon/w/weisse-ware
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reportgunner
1571 days ago
In Slovak we call it "Biela technika" which translates to "White technology".
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gkedzierski
1571 days ago
Interesting. It would be almost same “biała technika” in Polish but I’ve never heard that term.
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ubercore
1571 days ago
Was a tiny culture shock learning "hvitevarer" when I moved to Norway too.
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jorvi
1571 days ago
Dutch as well. ‘Witgoed’
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