I know this is a weird question, but one of my friends brought it up, and it got me thinking.
2007-10-12 11:54:40 · 7 answers · asked by Sheltiepom7 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
I don't know, but why do you drive on a parkway and park in a driveway?
2007-10-12 12:04:56 · answer #1 · answered by ADG 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Clothes washers have been around for a long time. Even if it was the wringing type, lots of people had them. And, they were the only kind of washer people had. So, they just called them washers.
Fast forward a few decades. Now we have dish washers, pressure washers, etc. Since the first washer was a clothes washer, it's understood that just "washer" refers to a clothes washer. If it's for washing something else, you say what it washes (or how it washes, for a pressure washer) to distinguish it from a clothes washer.
2007-10-12 12:08:28 · answer #2 · answered by Paul in San Diego 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the beginning long before dishwashers were in existence a mechanized device was invented to wash clothes. It was then labeled as a washing machine. There was no need to distingiush it from a washer for dishes which had not yet been invented.
2007-10-12 12:10:22 · answer #3 · answered by normy in garden city 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it's a washing machine. A washer is a metal disk used under a nut and bolt.
2007-10-13 01:31:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's exactly what my family called them when I was a kid. As opposed to a pressure washer, faucet washer, egg washer...
2007-10-12 12:04:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in case you employ clothing washing detergent on your dishwasher you'll have bubbles understanding in all places. both at the prompt are not interchangeable. seek for a special form of dishwasher detergent until eventually the single you want is back in inventory.
2016-10-09 02:55:08 · answer #6 · answered by fomby 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because you can wash any thing you can put into it! there for a washer,
2007-10-12 12:39:11 · answer #7 · answered by William B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋