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Is "plugging out" electronic devices an American expression?
Is “plugging out” electronic devices an American expression?
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Are these valid in American English as opposed to "unplug".
Plug out the charger from the wall.
I plugged out my TV.
I found my radio plugged out.
I started hanging out with some guys of Jamaican descent who were born in Canada and I noticed that they talked about "plugging out" their electronic devices rather than "unplugging" them. Recently I've begun to hear the same expression from non-Jamaicans.
Anyone have any idea how widespread this is?
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Are these valid in American English as opposed to "unplug".
Plug out the charger from the wall.
I plugged out my TV.
I found my radio plugged out.
I started hanging out with some guys of Jamaican descent who were born in Canada and I noticed that they talked about "plugging out" their electronic devices rather than "unplugging" them. Recently I've begun to hear the same expression from non-Jamaicans.
Anyone have any idea how widespread this is?
american-english
asked 11 hours ago
KaiqueKaique
1,512420
23
FWIW, I'm an American and I have never heard anyone use this expression. I say "unplug".
– Mixolydian
10 hours ago
4
Canadian here; I've never heard anyone use the phrase "plugging out" before. It's always "unplug".
– Kalmino
8 hours ago
4
One word: nope.
– only_pro
8 hours ago
1
As an American I have only ever seen it in a UI translated from Chinese by people who learned English outside the US.
– Michael Hampton
4 hours ago
add a comment |
Are these valid in American English as opposed to "unplug".
Plug out the charger from the wall.
I plugged out my TV.
I found my radio plugged out.
I started hanging out with some guys of Jamaican descent who were born in Canada and I noticed that they talked about "plugging out" their electronic devices rather than "unplugging" them. Recently I've begun to hear the same expression from non-Jamaicans.
Anyone have any idea how widespread this is?
american-english
asked 11 hours ago
KaiqueKaique
1,512420
Are these valid in American English as opposed to "unplug".
Plug out the charger from the wall.
I plugged out my TV.
I found my radio plugged out.
I started hanging out with some guys of Jamaican descent who were born in Canada and I noticed that they talked about "plugging out" their electronic devices rather than "unplugging" them. Recently I've begun to hear the same expression from non-Jamaicans.
Anyone have any idea how widespread this is?
american-english
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asked 11 hours ago
KaiqueKaique
1,512420
asked 11 hours ago
KaiqueKaique
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edited 11 hours ago
Kaique
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KaiqueKaique
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KaiqueKaique
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KaiqueKaique
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FWIW, I'm an American and I have never heard anyone use this expression. I say "unplug".
– Mixolydian
10 hours ago
4
Canadian here; I've never heard anyone use the phrase "plugging out" before. It's always "unplug".
– Kalmino
8 hours ago
4
One word: nope.
– only_pro
8 hours ago
1
As an American I have only ever seen it in a UI translated from Chinese by people who learned English outside the US.
– Michael Hampton
4 hours ago
add a comment |
23
FWIW, I'm an American and I have never heard anyone use this expression. I say "unplug".
– Mixolydian
10 hours ago
4
Canadian here; I've never heard anyone use the phrase "plugging out" before. It's always "unplug".
– Kalmino
8 hours ago
4
One word: nope.
– only_pro
8 hours ago
1
As an American I have only ever seen it in a UI translated from Chinese by people who learned English outside the US.
– Michael Hampton
4 hours ago
23
23
FWIW, I'm an American and I have never heard anyone use this expression. I say "unplug".
– Mixolydian
10 hours ago
FWIW, I'm an American and I have never heard anyone use this expression. I say "unplug".
– Mixolydian
10 hours ago
4
4
Canadian here; I've never heard anyone use the phrase "plugging out" before. It's always "unplug".
– Kalmino
8 hours ago
Canadian here; I've never heard anyone use the phrase "plugging out" before. It's always "unplug".
– Kalmino
8 hours ago
4
4
One word: nope.
– only_pro
8 hours ago
One word: nope.
– only_pro
8 hours ago
1
1
As an American I have only ever seen it in a UI translated from Chinese by people who learned English outside the US.
– Michael Hampton
4 hours ago
As an American I have only ever seen it in a UI translated from Chinese by people who learned English outside the US.
– Michael Hampton
4 hours ago
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Wiktionary defines the expression plug out as Irish:
(Ireland, transitive, colloquial) To unplug; to remove (an electrical device) from its socket.
From The Daily Edge : 13 words you'll never hear outside of Ireland...
Another uniquely Irish phrase is 'to plug out' as in ' plug out the telly'.
answered 10 hours ago
user070221user070221
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The GloWbE corpus seems to confirm this, but also some other Englishes. 1 relevant example from US, 5 from UK, 10 from Ireland, 4 from India, 2 Bangla Desh, 3 singapore, 3 Jamaica, 1 each from Hong Kong and kenya. None from anywhere else. I have learnt something: I would have said that no native English speaker used this expression.
– Colin Fine
10 hours ago
3
@ColinFine Does your corpus search make sure it's looking at that as a verb? After all, you may get "take the plug out of the bath", which is something else entirely.
– SamBC
9 hours ago
(I never heard it in Britain, but the UK does include a chunk of Ireland, which may affect the results)
– SamBC
9 hours ago
1
@SamBC: I told it to restrict it to a verb, but quite a few entries were mis-tagged. There were few enough that I could inspect them individually and exclude the ones with a different structure.
– Colin Fine
8 hours ago
add a comment |
In America, we use the term "unplug", not "plug out"
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Wiktionary defines the expression plug out as Irish:
(Ireland, transitive, colloquial) To unplug; to remove (an electrical device) from its socket.
From The Daily Edge : 13 words you'll never hear outside of Ireland...
Another uniquely Irish phrase is 'to plug out' as in ' plug out the telly'.
answered 10 hours ago
user070221user070221
5,17111034
4
The GloWbE corpus seems to confirm this, but also some other Englishes. 1 relevant example from US, 5 from UK, 10 from Ireland, 4 from India, 2 Bangla Desh, 3 singapore, 3 Jamaica, 1 each from Hong Kong and kenya. None from anywhere else. I have learnt something: I would have said that no native English speaker used this expression.
– Colin Fine
10 hours ago
3
@ColinFine Does your corpus search make sure it's looking at that as a verb? After all, you may get "take the plug out of the bath", which is something else entirely.
– SamBC
9 hours ago
(I never heard it in Britain, but the UK does include a chunk of Ireland, which may affect the results)
– SamBC
9 hours ago
1
@SamBC: I told it to restrict it to a verb, but quite a few entries were mis-tagged. There were few enough that I could inspect them individually and exclude the ones with a different structure.
– Colin Fine
8 hours ago
add a comment |
Wiktionary defines the expression plug out as Irish:
(Ireland, transitive, colloquial) To unplug; to remove (an electrical device) from its socket.
From The Daily Edge : 13 words you'll never hear outside of Ireland...
Another uniquely Irish phrase is 'to plug out' as in ' plug out the telly'.
answered 10 hours ago
user070221user070221
5,17111034
4
The GloWbE corpus seems to confirm this, but also some other Englishes. 1 relevant example from US, 5 from UK, 10 from Ireland, 4 from India, 2 Bangla Desh, 3 singapore, 3 Jamaica, 1 each from Hong Kong and kenya. None from anywhere else. I have learnt something: I would have said that no native English speaker used this expression.
– Colin Fine
10 hours ago
3
@ColinFine Does your corpus search make sure it's looking at that as a verb? After all, you may get "take the plug out of the bath", which is something else entirely.
– SamBC
9 hours ago
(I never heard it in Britain, but the UK does include a chunk of Ireland, which may affect the results)
– SamBC
9 hours ago
1
@SamBC: I told it to restrict it to a verb, but quite a few entries were mis-tagged. There were few enough that I could inspect them individually and exclude the ones with a different structure.
– Colin Fine
8 hours ago
add a comment |
Wiktionary defines the expression plug out as Irish:
(Ireland, transitive, colloquial) To unplug; to remove (an electrical device) from its socket.
From The Daily Edge : 13 words you'll never hear outside of Ireland...
Another uniquely Irish phrase is 'to plug out' as in ' plug out the telly'.
answered 10 hours ago
user070221user070221
5,17111034
Wiktionary defines the expression plug out as Irish:
(Ireland, transitive, colloquial) To unplug; to remove (an electrical device) from its socket.
From The Daily Edge : 13 words you'll never hear outside of Ireland...
Another uniquely Irish phrase is 'to plug out' as in ' plug out the telly'.
answered 10 hours ago
user070221user070221
5,17111034
edited 9 hours ago
answered 10 hours ago
user070221user070221
5,17111034
answered 10 hours ago
user070221user070221
5,17111034
answered 10 hours ago
user070221user070221
5,17111034
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4
The GloWbE corpus seems to confirm this, but also some other Englishes. 1 relevant example from US, 5 from UK, 10 from Ireland, 4 from India, 2 Bangla Desh, 3 singapore, 3 Jamaica, 1 each from Hong Kong and kenya. None from anywhere else. I have learnt something: I would have said that no native English speaker used this expression.
– Colin Fine
10 hours ago
3
@ColinFine Does your corpus search make sure it's looking at that as a verb? After all, you may get "take the plug out of the bath", which is something else entirely.
– SamBC
9 hours ago
(I never heard it in Britain, but the UK does include a chunk of Ireland, which may affect the results)
– SamBC
9 hours ago
1
@SamBC: I told it to restrict it to a verb, but quite a few entries were mis-tagged. There were few enough that I could inspect them individually and exclude the ones with a different structure.
– Colin Fine
8 hours ago
add a comment |
4
The GloWbE corpus seems to confirm this, but also some other Englishes. 1 relevant example from US, 5 from UK, 10 from Ireland, 4 from India, 2 Bangla Desh, 3 singapore, 3 Jamaica, 1 each from Hong Kong and kenya. None from anywhere else. I have learnt something: I would have said that no native English speaker used this expression.
– Colin Fine
10 hours ago
3
@ColinFine Does your corpus search make sure it's looking at that as a verb? After all, you may get "take the plug out of the bath", which is something else entirely.
– SamBC
9 hours ago
(I never heard it in Britain, but the UK does include a chunk of Ireland, which may affect the results)
– SamBC
9 hours ago
1
@SamBC: I told it to restrict it to a verb, but quite a few entries were mis-tagged. There were few enough that I could inspect them individually and exclude the ones with a different structure.
– Colin Fine
8 hours ago
4
4
The GloWbE corpus seems to confirm this, but also some other Englishes. 1 relevant example from US, 5 from UK, 10 from Ireland, 4 from India, 2 Bangla Desh, 3 singapore, 3 Jamaica, 1 each from Hong Kong and kenya. None from anywhere else. I have learnt something: I would have said that no native English speaker used this expression.
– Colin Fine
10 hours ago
The GloWbE corpus seems to confirm this, but also some other Englishes. 1 relevant example from US, 5 from UK, 10 from Ireland, 4 from India, 2 Bangla Desh, 3 singapore, 3 Jamaica, 1 each from Hong Kong and kenya. None from anywhere else. I have learnt something: I would have said that no native English speaker used this expression.
– Colin Fine
10 hours ago
3
3
@ColinFine Does your corpus search make sure it's looking at that as a verb? After all, you may get "take the plug out of the bath", which is something else entirely.
– SamBC
9 hours ago
@ColinFine Does your corpus search make sure it's looking at that as a verb? After all, you may get "take the plug out of the bath", which is something else entirely.
– SamBC
9 hours ago
(I never heard it in Britain, but the UK does include a chunk of Ireland, which may affect the results)
– SamBC
9 hours ago
(I never heard it in Britain, but the UK does include a chunk of Ireland, which may affect the results)
– SamBC
9 hours ago
1
1
@SamBC: I told it to restrict it to a verb, but quite a few entries were mis-tagged. There were few enough that I could inspect them individually and exclude the ones with a different structure.
– Colin Fine
8 hours ago
@SamBC: I told it to restrict it to a verb, but quite a few entries were mis-tagged. There were few enough that I could inspect them individually and exclude the ones with a different structure.
– Colin Fine
8 hours ago
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In America, we use the term "unplug", not "plug out"
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In America, we use the term "unplug", not "plug out"
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In America, we use the term "unplug", not "plug out"
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FWIW, I'm an American and I have never heard anyone use this expression. I say "unplug".
– Mixolydian
10 hours ago
4
Canadian here; I've never heard anyone use the phrase "plugging out" before. It's always "unplug".
– Kalmino
8 hours ago
4
One word: nope.
– only_pro
8 hours ago
1
As an American I have only ever seen it in a UI translated from Chinese by people who learned English outside the US.
– Michael Hampton
4 hours ago