• grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    My bad, I didn’t realize it was called by another name elsewhere. It looks just like this [USGI Military Folding Cot https://a.co/d/c0K3vCF](USGI Military Folding Cot https://a.co/d/c0K3vCF)

    What do they call those where you’re from?

    To be fair, that LT would feel right at home in what you’re describing (we call that a “crib” in the US), he was such an ignorant ass.

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      11 months ago

      In the UK a crib is a smaller cot for newborns. And what you call a cot looks like a stretcher with trampoline legs, I haven’t ever seen one of these to hear what Brits call them.

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          11 months ago

          So really, it presents as gayer than a regular bed and the whole endeavour was counterproductive.

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          11 months ago

          Yeah. And I don’t think bassinet means anything in English (traditional), just English (simplified), so the comparisons will probably end here.

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        11 months ago

        Surely there is a name for it in Brittain since their soldiers probably use something similar.

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          Probably, but I’m not/don’t interact often with soldiers, so I don’t know