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..am I one of the only people who calls the turn signal on a vehicle a 'turn indicator'? My husband seems to think that it makes me a dork. He said it's either a blinker, signal or thingie.

Mind you, I'm speaking as a Canadian, so this is likely a Canadian colloquialism (I can never be sure about this kind of thing) but I'd be curious to see what NSG thinks.

I call them signals or blinkers. I've never heard them called indicators.

Well most people i know simply refer to them as "indicators", i think its a British thing.

I've only ever called them 'indicators'.

*shrug* Must be another locational thing.

I call them signals or blinkers. I've never heard them called indicators.

Yep indeed most Brits call them indicators.

I switch between indicator and signal.

I call them signals or blinkers. I've never heard them called indicators.

Same.

Never heard them called anything but indicators...

Kryozerkia... this thread demands a poll. :)

Never heard them called anything but indicators...

As it should be! umm .... Sooo..

Kryozerkia... this thread demands a poll. :)

"Big up the poll!" ... Yup chav speak is retarded...

As it should be! umm .... Sooo..

Where does that leave me? I'm not American, I'm not British... yet I'm a dork if I call it a "turn indicator"... .... . . . . WAH!

Where does that leave me? I'm not American, I'm not British... yet I'm a dork if I call it a "turn indicator"... .... . . . . WAH!

Nobody who speaks like a Brit is a dork. Don't you know the Brits are the ones with all the cool slang?

The vast majority of people I know call them "Indicators" but my parents call them "flickers" :confused:

Where does that leave me? I'm not American, I'm not British... yet I'm a dork if I call it a "turn indicator"... .... . . . . WAH!

It leaves you in the bin!

They're turn signals.

The vast majority of people I know call them "Indicators" but my parents call them "flickers" :confused:

Flickers lol.

They're turn signals.

Technically.

they are called indicators and I know because mine has it written on them

Where does that leave me? I'm not American, I'm not British... yet I'm a dork if I call it a "turn indicator"... .... . . . . WAH!

life is trying to tell you something :p

Nobody who speaks like a Brit is a dork. Don't you know the Brits are the ones with all the cool slang?

thats correct meh duck

Ha I got the first vote in the poll.

Kryozerkia... this thread demands a poll. :)

"Big up the poll!" ... Yup chav speak is retarded...

For you people demanding a poll, I give you your pole! ;)

http://www.weaselhut.net/steel-pole-2.jpg

Nobody who speaks like a Brit is a dork. Don't you know the Brits are the ones with all the cool slang?

If that is the case, then I would like my earlier remarks removed from the record...

...what do you mean it's permanent?

It leaves you in the bin!

The bin? That doesn't sounds very nice.

For you people demanding a poll, I give you your pole! ;)

http://www.weaselhut.net/steel-pole-2.jpg



If that is the case, then I would like my earlier remarks removed from the record...

...what do you mean it's permanent?



The bin? That doesn't sounds very nice.

Thats it! You have to have remedial bin!!!!!! :eek:

Ooh yah, Indictators pawn all others in the poll ;)

If that is the case, then I would like my earlier remarks removed from the record...

...what do you mean it's permanent?


Only if you're lucky.

The bin? That doesn't sounds very nice.
Maybe it's Brit-speak for the really fluffy bed! ;)

Wow, today alone i have posted more than 100 times :eek: and posted four-five threads. Thats messed up :p

Only if you're lucky.


Maybe it's Brit-speak for the really fluffy bed! ;)

Its Brit speak for bin ;)

You know what's messed up? I can't for the life of me remember what indicators are called in German...


I'm getting OLD!!!

Its Brit speak for bin ;)

I reject your reality and substitute my own. We all know for example that reality itself is a beautiful idea that's been murdered by a gang of facts.

Bin means what I say it does, because today I'm a megalomaniac.

You know what's messed up? I can't for the life of me remember what indicators are called in German...


I'm getting OLD!!!Richtungangeiber.;)

Thats it! You have to have remedial bin!!!!!! :eek:

Remedial bin? *groan*

Its Brit speak for bin ;)

Huh? Now my brain is really starting to hurt! ^_^

I reject your reality and substitute my own. We all know for example that reality itself is a beautiful idea that's been murdered by a gang of facts.

Bin means what I say it does, because today I'm a megalomaniac.

Don't make me send you to the bin .. i swear i'll do it!

Don't make me send you to the bin .. i swear i'll do it!

*prepares herself for a luxurious nap*

I call them signals. Blinkers I use to distinguish hazard lights from turn signals.

*destroys bin and fluffy bed*

Yeah! I went there!

I call them signals. Blinkers I use to distinguish hazard lights from turn signals.

I always thought blinkers were what horese wore.

Remedial bin? *groan*

Don't you take that tone of voice with me mister!

Richtungangeiber.;)

Hmmm... doesn't sound familiar.

I must be losing it entirely... *panics*

Where does that leave me? I'm not American, I'm not British... yet I'm a dork if I call it a "turn indicator"... .... . . . . WAH!

You're Canadian. We're the spiteful little (!) pack of disloyal whelps who turned our backs on all things English.

Tell me: boot and bonnet or trunk and hood?

*destroys bin and fluffy bed*

Yeah! I went there!

You did not just do that! :eek:

Hmmm... doesn't sound familiar.

I must be losing it entirely... *panics*It's the literal translation of the Dutch word for blinkers/turn signal/w/e.:p

*prepares herself for a luxurious nap*

Ha that'll just make it even funnier when you see whats installed for you!

You did not just do that! :eek:

Yeah I did. And I'd do it again!

Its Brit speak for bin ;)

Which means trashcan. Come to the friendly side, Kryo, where we ask you to sit on our sofa and share a nice iced tea -- not relegate you to the bin!

Yeah I did. And I'd do it again!

The hell you will! :mad:

The hell you will! :mad:

*throws Hachihyaku into bin. Destroys bin*

Which means trashcan. Come to the friendly side, Kryo, where we ask you to sit on our sofa and share a nice iced tea -- not relegate you to the bin!

No don'tt, cause if you i'll give you such a binning!

*throws Hachihyaku into bin. Destroys bin*

B..butt hats not how it works! :'( I'm the lord Binni Bin Binness, not yoo!

I always thought blinkers were what horese wore.

That too, to keep them from shying from things at their sides.

It's a homonym like butt -- one being what you sit on and one being what you toss when you've finished smoking it. (Additioally: one being what you eat once you've smoked it.... or a target.... or a cask or barrel...)

Yes... to head it off at the pass (or is that ass?) I am rather an expert on butts. Does that make me a butthead? ;)

Brits call them indicators i think it is because they indicate which way you will turn.

Brits call them indicators i think it is because they indicate which way you will turn.

yessss, because we Brits are that logical :D Mopre like we just like the name ^^

No don'tt, cause if you i'll give you such a binning!

Sits Hachi on the sofa, and puts tall, cold glass of iced tea with lemon and mint in it into hand.

Now then, where were we? Ah, yes, so.... what DO you think of this weather?

Sits Hachi on the sofa, and puts tall, cold glass of iced tea with lemon and mint in it into hand.

Now then, where were we? Ah, yes, so.... what DO you think of this weather?

-shakes- T..t..the weather? I...I think its very binnable.

-shakes- T..t..the weather? I...I think its very binnable.

I mean nice!!! Honest!

Relax... just because my avatar is a big cat raising its big paw and flicking its tail doesn't mean I'm gonna pounce and eat you......

Relax... just because my avatar is a big cat raising its big paw and flicking its tail doesn't mean I'm gonna pounce and eat you......

It doesn't mean you won't either...

Relax... just because my avatar is a big cat raising its big paw and flicking its tail doesn't mean I'm gonna pounce and eat you......

Just like when i have that pciture of Gohan offering people a cookie from his mouth doesn't mean like i'm gonan offer you a cookie in that way...

Wait you have a cat on your avatar?!:eek: Cats sometimes loot teh preshush bins!

It doesn't mean you won't either...

It means cheese!

Just like when i have that pciture of Gohan offering people a cookie from his mouth doesn't mean like i'm gonan offer you a cookie in that way...

Wait you have a cat on your avatar?!:eek: Cats sometimes loot teh preshush bins!

Not mine. A good soaking with a water pistol broke her of that nasty habit mighty quick....

once, "NO! BAD KITTY!" had failed.

Not mine. A good soaking with a water pistol broke her of that nasty habit mighty quick....

once, "NO! BAD KITTY!" had failed.

You is a baad kitty!

You is a baad kitty!

Noooooo.... I is a very GOOD Kitty.

>=)

You're Canadian. We're the spiteful little (!) pack of disloyal whelps who turned our backs on all things English.

Tell me: boot and bonnet or trunk and hood?

Well.... I have on occasion used "boot" instead of trunk, though I always use hood. I really don't know why...

Which means trashcan. Come to the friendly side, Kryo, where we ask you to sit on our sofa and share a nice iced tea -- not relegate you to the bin!

The iced tea sounds good.... but... sofa? You mean chesterfield, right?

Well most people i know simply refer to them as "indicators", i think its a British thing.

Americans know jack all about a car they call "indicators" which is what they are not "turn indicators" because it indicates which way you are about to move you may not always be turning.

The yanks call it a "bonnet" a "hood" and even more WTF they call a "boot" a "Trunk". Laziness is what it is called.

*Ahem*

No most if not all Australians call them indicators.

i clicked all of them because it doesn't make a fart in a windstorm what you call them, as long as you give some indication, some clear and unambiguous indication, when you are going to turn in front of the poor bastard who has to either slam on his brakes or pull in front of you to avoid a collision!

when the day comes we stop being coerced into worshiping the damd automobile the question will be moot. and that day can't come soon enough for me.

=^^=
.../\...

indicators, not "turn" involved, they're just indicators.

same with most kiwis.

Everyone I've ever talked to calls them indicators.

Noooooo.... I is a very GOOD Kitty.

>=)

A good kitty doesn't correct her master! you's a Baad kitty!

A good kitty doesn't correct her master! you's a Baad kitty!

A bad kitty who is about to get the bin!!! :O :eek:

Never heard of an indicator, I just call it a signal :)

I call them signals. Blinkers I use to distinguish hazard lights from turn signals.

Bingo...

...I don't think I'd ever heard them called "indicators" before I read this thread. People around here call 'em signals or blinkers.

Indicators are what they're called in Australia