Talk:tube

Sense: A tin can containing beer (or other beverage?) --Connel MacKenzie 06:13, 26 September 2006 (UTC)  I've heard it used this way, but woundn't say it was common.--Dmol 07:22, 26 September 2006 (UTC)


 * The OED has this definition: - A bottle or can of beer. Austral. colloq. SemperBlotto 07:30, 26 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, there are enough Aussies in London pubs that we know the word here -- though I don't recall hearing any non-Aussie use it -- except when imitating Strine. --Eng in ear 13:03, 26 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm Australian and I've never heard of it. Possibly obsolete or regional. --Ptcamn 00:14, 28 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Possibly Melbourne, or perhaps no more typical of normal Australian use than Steve Irwin's Crikey!. I've just cited it -- very difficult to find cites until I remembered hearing it in a long running Foster's ad -- and was disturbed to find (on books.google) only use by Barry Humphries' Barry McKenzie, the Foster's usage, + notes in two guide books to Australia!  But it's certainly now known in London and assumed by many here to be as Australian as a Waltzing Matilda. --Eng in ear 10:09, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

RfV passed. Why the quotation note? DAVilla 22:06, 3 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Cos it represents the etymology of that sense, ie claimed first and second use, and I couldn't think where best to put it. Of course, on the Talk page and nowhere are both options. --Eng in ear 18:03, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

US pronunciation
Is the U.S. pronunciation or ? MacMillan says it's a short u, but on howjsay.com it sounds like a long oo. 95.90.43.41 10:33, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Uh.. where on MacMillan does it say /tub/? Jamesjiao → T ◊ C 05:47, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

capitalization
"(often capitalized as Tube)" &hellip;&hellip; "(Often the tube.)"

Which one! —Suzukaze-c◇◇ 01:58, 1 November 2018 (UTC)

Possible missing senses
Chambers 1908 has "the body of a musical instrument" and "a telescope". Equinox ◑ 00:15, 5 March 2020 (UTC)


 * There is a verb use in gun manufacturing or modification in which the barrel of the gun is modified; this may be a subsense. Geographyinitiative (talk) 14:11, 14 August 2023 (UTC)