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Camping Terms

Flashlight - US
Torch - Australia, New Zealand, EnglandUK

I remember than my Aussie counterparts working at a summer camp had a different word for canteen or water bottle than we did, but I can't remember it.

And I apologize if England no longer uses the word "torch." My source is Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis. Edmund talking about his "electric torch" gave me some weird mental images the first time I read that book (something along the lines of the torch the Statue of Liberty holds).
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Camping Terms

Flashlight - US
Torch - Australia, New Zealand, England

I remember than my Aussie counterparts working at a summer camp had a different word for canteen or water bottle than we did, but I can't remember it.

And I apologize if England no longer uses the word "torch." My source is Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis. Edmund talking about his "electric torch" gave me some weird mental images the first time I read that book (something along the lines of the torch the Statue of Liberty holds).