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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•8 months agoFun fact speaking of regional things, in Swedish they are called “insex” (as in six on the inside)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•8 months agoIn Dutch they are called “inbus”, which apparently comes from the German name “Innensechskantschraube Bauer und Schaurte”, where Innensechskantschraube means inside six sided screw and Bauer und Schaurte is the company who patented the screw type. I have no idea how the name inbus came to be
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•8 months agoInnensechskantschraube Bauer und Schaurte probably
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•8 months agoWell yeah but still, who would think of that?
Fun fact speaking of regional things, in Swedish they are called “insex” (as in six on the inside)
In Dutch they are called “inbus”, which apparently comes from the German name “Innensechskantschraube Bauer und Schaurte”, where Innensechskantschraube means inside six sided screw and Bauer und Schaurte is the company who patented the screw type.
I have no idea how the name inbus came to be
Innensechskantschraube Bauer und Schaurte probably
Well yeah but still, who would think of that?
Germans apparently
But the german name is just innensechskant