On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 16:56:54 -0000, Janet > wrote:
>In article >, says...
>> > Yes we call 'diapers' nappies. Not necessarily dirty though.
>>
>>
>> Sure, just like you call cigs or bundles of sticks *faggots.* Not the same
>> here. 
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> We never call cigarettes faggots. You're thinking of "fags".
> Janet UK
In the UK especially cigarettes were indeed refered to as fags...
especially back in the days before ready mades.
What most don't realize is that the US government promoted cigarette
smoking when they subsidized the production of high speed cigarette
machines as a way of generating tax revenue. Previously one had to
roll their own, much more difficult to tax.