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Originally Posted by Frank the Tank
My in-laws do this. They will say "I had 6 or 7 beer theother night". I would say "beers" myself, but who knows. They also say "tin" for everything that is in a can or has been canned. That drives me nuts.
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Tin is the British word for what we call 'can'. For example, in the UK they'd say a 'tin of beans' instead of a 'can of beans'.