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   Nameless Cynic (namelesscynic@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 14:08:42 JST Nameless Cynic

   For the record, no, dishwashing liquid cannot be used in place of dishwasher detergent.

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     aprilfollies (aprilfollies@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 14:08:41 JST aprilfollies

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     @NamelessCynic One of my husband’s college roommates did this. By the time we got back to the apartment, the suds were a couple of feet deep and had to be swept up with a broom, I kid you not.

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     Wendy Lady (nerdrage42@c.im)'s status on Saturday, 23-Dec-2023 14:08:45 JST Wendy Lady

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     @NamelessCynic my kid did this once when he was a pre-teen. He tried the "well, if I did it wrong, then don't ask me to do it again." He got a big time side-eye from me for that.

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     David Nash (dpnash@c.im)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 18:59:39 JST David Nash

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     @clacke @aprilfollies @NamelessCynic In the UK, yes, “washing up” is normally hand washing as opposed to machine washing, though I wasn’t fully aware of the usage till I visited about 5 years ago. I’ve never heard of people in the UK accidentally putting “washing-up liquid” in the dishwasher. The US, where I live, calls the machine version “dishwasher” liquid or detergent, which is fine, but the hand washing version is “dish” detergent, which, as many new apartment dwellers and home owners discover the hard way, is only suited for “dish” washing by hand and utterly unsuited for “dish” washing with a machine.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 18:59:40 JST clacke

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     @dpnash I'm not a native speaker, so I'm not entirely clear what the difference in wording would do.

     In Swedish they're (translated to English) "machine dishwashing agent" and "hand dishwashing agent", is that unambiguously reflected in the "dishwasher" vs "washing-up" distinction?

     I can see that "dishwasher" is clearly the machine, is "washing up" clearly by hand?

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     David Nash (dpnash@c.im)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 18:59:41 JST David Nash

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     @NamelessCynic @aprilfollies This is an unambiguous case where the UK English name for this stuff (“washing-up liquid”) is vastly superior to the US name (“dish soap” or “dish detergent”).

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     skittles (skittles@berlin.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 18:59:51 JST skittles

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     @clacke @aprilfollies @NamelessCynic @dpnash „Washing up“ exists in parts of Germany as well („aufwaschen“) and it means doing it by hand, you’d never use that with regards to a dishwasher. I would think it’s the same in English.

     (It’s also a bit funny, because the term used in most parts is ABwaschen, which means „removing something with water“, and aufwaschen doesn’t really make much sense.)

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     Atle Frenvik Sveen (atlefren@snabelen.no)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 19:01:01 JST Atle Frenvik Sveen

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     @noodlemaz @StarkRG @dpnash @NamelessCynic @aprilfollies
     "crockery, pots, pans and cutlery etc in the sink when it's dirty from food" this actually has a name in Norwegian: "oppvask", literary "upwash", aka the things you wash up.

     As for the distinction between what you use for washing up by hand vs machine we use the brand name "zalo" as a catch-all for washing-up-liquid.

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     Noodlemaz (noodlemaz@med-mastodon.com)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 19:01:02 JST Noodlemaz

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     @StarkRG @dpnash @NamelessCynic @aprilfollies nah, because you don't wash 'up' any of those things, you just wash them.
     Washing up is specifically re crockery, pots, pans and cutlery etc in the sink when it's dirty from food.

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     starkrg@myside-yourside.net's status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 19:01:03 JST StarkRG

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     @dpnash @NamelessCynic @aprilfollies "Washing up liquid" sounds like something you could use when washing anything: you, your dog, your carpet, clothes, etc. You're probably ok washing your car with it.

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     Woodswalked (woodswalked@mstdn.party)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 19:01:06 JST Woodswalked

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     @clacke

     “washing up” relating to dishes doesn’t really exist in the U.S.
     If you heard it here you would think along the lines of ‘are they washing their hands before dinner’ or ‘showering before we leave.’

     cc: @aprilfollies @NamelessCynic @dpnash

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