@luna’s husbando
Only in really stock phrases, like the term for a water tank. If someone collects rainwater off the roof in one for the garden, that’s often called a water butt. And I guess animals and silly ponies drink out of them too. Beer comes in barrels, nice reusable aluminium ones.
There’s an old unit of measurement by the name, but nobody under 50 uses Imperial units for most stuff. Cue the usual aggrieved cries of “but it’s just two hogsheads or half a tun! Why can’t millenials understand simple squinches, flounces and plunks?”.
Also there’s loads of roads and places with “butt” in the name, but if you yell out “BUTTS!” on the street people will assume you mean the American usage.
Adding “separated by a common language” tag.
Only in really stock phrases, like the term for a water tank. If someone collects rainwater off the roof in one for the garden, that’s often called a water butt. And I guess animals and silly ponies drink out of them too. Beer comes in barrels, nice reusable aluminium ones.
There’s an old unit of measurement by the name, but nobody under 50 uses Imperial units for most stuff. Cue the usual aggrieved cries of “but it’s just two hogsheads or half a tun! Why can’t millenials understand simple squinches, flounces and plunks?”.
Also there’s loads of roads and places with “butt” in the name, but if you yell out “BUTTS!” on the street people will assume you mean the American usage.