Talk:Aluminium foil/Archives/2014

The many names of aluminium foil

I've changed the term alufoil in the text to 'aluminium foil'. The phrase 'alufoil' is not in common usage in all localities; for example, in Australia it is referred al-foil. The full name, Aluminium foil, on the other hand, is clear an unambiguous.

I've noted at that both these two abbreviations (alufoil and alfoil) are used when referring to aluminium foil.

This comment is years too late so I won't make any changes to the article, but I've lived in Australia for 15+ years and not once have I ever heard anybody call it alfoil or alufoil. Most people I've met either use the full name or just say "foil" 202.72.135.193 (talk) 08:03, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Hatnote added

I've added a hatnote that directs people to the Weird Al song Foil. I'd actually come here looking for a hatnote or something that would take me to the page, since I'd assumed that the song was named "Aluminium Foil" as opposed to just "Foil" because the chorus uses the full term rather than just "foil". I figure that there will be other people coming here for the same purpose, so it makes sense to redirect there. I don't think we have enough pages to warrant a disambiguation page, otherwise I'd just go for that option. In any case, just sort of explaining why.