On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 5:46:04 PM UTC-4, The Other Guy wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 07:18:44 +1000, Jeßus

> >Tinned food *does* have a particular taste,
>
> NO ONE uses tin any more. There WAS, long ago, a 'tin' taste,
> but you DON'T get the same from the aluminum that's used now.

Brits and Aussies say "tinned" where we could say "canned".

Shoot, half the time I call aluminum foil, "tinfoil", and I
know darned well it isn't made of tin. The "tinfoil hat"
comes to mind.

People who make and install forced-air heating ducts are sometimes
called "tin knockers", even though the material is galvanized steel.

Cindy Hamilton