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Have you ever noticed that the icon for a pinned toot is actually a thumbtack and not a pin?

@Pat Sure I have. But a thumbtack can pin just as well! And less annoying to handle too!

@Pat Where I live, "thumb tacks" are called "drawing pins" - pinning is natural in English English

@brian

I didn't know that. Thank you.

Now it makes sense. I guess the folks who chose that icon probably didn't know about the North American term "thumb tack" for that device.

I guess now I'll have to find another toot to pin in my profile...

@brian

In the US we use the terms "pinning" and "put a pin in it" to refer to remembering something. And when something is fastened using a thumb tack we usually say that it is "pinned" not "tacked", although the latter is sometimes used.

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