Why do people still call it "Tin Foil" when actual foil made from tin has not been made since the 1940s?

Education & Reference by Anonymous 2018-07-15 02:13:42

Social Science

11 answers

Anonymous

because I can't spell alunumium alumiun alunumin aluninun !!!
Anonymous

Old habits die hard, We all repeat a lot of words & phrases that our parents used.
Anonymous

I have generally heard it as Aluminum foil unless it is used to make a hat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-0TEJMJ...
Anonymous

For the same reason they call a reproduction of a page of text a xerox copy.
Anonymous

Because that's what people were used to calling it and the name caught on. It's like people say "rubbers" instead of erasers (they don't contain rubber now).
Anonymous

For the same reason they call it tar paper when it is actually asphalt now. It is tradition and habit.
Anonymous

Habit. And it's shorter than 'aluminum foil'
Anonymous

same reason we say "tin can" when cans are not made from tin. it is a colloquial expression.
Anonymous

the older generation called it tin foil. the children of them call it as their parents did
Anonymous

For the same reason that nearly any tissue is called a Kleenex.
Anonymous

For the same reason many people call it Reynolds Wrap, even though it is made by someone else.