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The Correct Names Twitter account will change how you see the world

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We take the English language for granted, sometimes - and there's one Twitter account to prove it.

The Correct Names Twitter account renames objects to give them a name that actually makes sense. It'll make you ask yourself: Why have we stuck to all the boring, nonsensical words we have done for so long?

Here are some of the words we've been getting so wrong.

Milk

 

Doughnuts

 

Water

 

Fans

 

Life jackets

 

Limes

 

Sofas

 

Drums

 

Baths

 

And chips

 

 

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