yorrike
yorrike

At the risk of causing an international incident: tell me what you call this object and which country you’re from.

A picture of one of those, normally orange, cone-shaped objects used to manage traffic on a temporary basis.

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midendian@mastodon.social
midendian@mastodon.social

@yorrike I have no word for this object, it is much better designed than any US construction cone.

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lmika
lmika

@yorrike I call them cones in AU, although I have others call them witches hats.

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yorrike
yorrike

@lmika I’ve heard them called both in Australia. Although a cone in New Zealand is something quite different (a large marijuana joint in a cone shape)

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thedimpause
thedimpause

@yorrike Traffic cone - UK 🇬🇧

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petebrown
petebrown

@yorrike All the places I’ve lived across the US Midwest and Northeast, it’s a traffic cone.

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odd
odd

@yorrike Varsel-kjegle /.no

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yorrike
yorrike

@odd Takk!

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