I'm including wastebaskets in the "trash cans" count, since a later question asked about liners and included "trash cans" not in the kitchen. There's a wastebasket in every room except the dining room, and Ilana's room has two (in my effort to get her to use them). But we only have one of what I consider a trash can, and that's in the kitchen. Well, and there are two outside for the garbage pickup, but I didn't think you were including those.
I generally use the word "garbage" except for "trash bags" and "trash picking."
Okay, now I've used the word "trash" so many times it has lost all meaning.
I think of trash cans as fairly large containers (like, "tall kitchen bag" size at least), made of plastic, with lids that shut, into which wet or potentially stinky things may go. They often have a step-lever to open the lid. They are usually neutral colors like white or black, but occasionally may be funky and red or blue, but they're made for kitchens.
Wastebaskets are small (I use plastic grocery bags for liners), have no lids (or have the swinging-open kind), and can be made of things like wicker which are harder to clean, and do not generally receive wet or stinky things except in small quantities (e.g. a used condom or an apple core). These may be more decorative and can come in lots of different colors.
Assumptions are funny - It didn't occur to me that anyone else saw these things any other way!!
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Date: 2007-09-28 04:33 pm (UTC)I generally use the word "garbage" except for "trash bags" and "trash picking."
Okay, now I've used the word "trash" so many times it has lost all meaning.
No liner = icky!
Interesting!
Date: 2007-09-29 12:08 am (UTC)Re: Interesting!
Date: 2007-09-29 12:35 am (UTC)Wastebaskets are small (I use plastic grocery bags for liners), have no lids (or have the swinging-open kind), and can be made of things like wicker which are harder to clean, and do not generally receive wet or stinky things except in small quantities (e.g. a used condom or an apple core). These may be more decorative and can come in lots of different colors.
Assumptions are funny - It didn't occur to me that anyone else saw these things any other way!!