Post by spanishspy on Sept 18, 2017 6:38:40 GMT
This is something that has been bothering me for a long time.
I grew up in Northern Virginia calling this thing a 'string trimmer.' And yet, in all my years of living there and in another part of the state, literally everyone other than myself and my father that I have met calls it a 'weed whacker.' My father tells me 'weed whacker' was a brand of string trimmer whose name became ubiquitous.
What do you call this tool? Are there any other people who say 'string trimmer?' Is it a regional thing? My father grew up in Wisconsin so maybe it's common there.
I grew up in Northern Virginia calling this thing a 'string trimmer.' And yet, in all my years of living there and in another part of the state, literally everyone other than myself and my father that I have met calls it a 'weed whacker.' My father tells me 'weed whacker' was a brand of string trimmer whose name became ubiquitous.
What do you call this tool? Are there any other people who say 'string trimmer?' Is it a regional thing? My father grew up in Wisconsin so maybe it's common there.
