“debris”: pronunciation – Topic

Hide Postdebris, I don’t mean trash or garbage. It’s more the bits left over after an explosion or some other disaster like an airplane crash. Trash, garbage, and refuse all have pretty much the same meaning, but their register differs from the plebeian to the patrician. Litter implies some agent willfully strew it about where it doesn’t belong. I recognize rubbish and dustbin (dustman) as UKisms, but do not use them myself. In the area where I live there are no three cans one brown one for garbage, a green one for grass, leaves, and plant trimmings, and a blue one for recyclable materials. The stuff that goes in the latter two used to be garbage, but have been recategorized over the years.

—Ceci n’est pas un seing.

When I use the word, I don’t meanor. It’s more the bits left over after an explosion or some other disaster like an airplane crash. Trash, garbage, and refuse all have pretty much the same meaning, but their register differs from the plebeian to the patrician. Litter implies some agent willfully strew it about where it doesn’t belong. I recognize rubbish and dustbin (dustman) as UKisms, but do not use them myself. In the area where I live there are no three cans one brown one for garbage, a green one for grass, leaves, and plant trimmings, and a blue one for recyclable materials. The stuff that goes in the latter two used to be garbage, but have been recategorized over the years.