missing spark plug tool

[alantf]

Originally Posted by dentheman

Terminology. In the USA we call that thing in the photo a 'socket'

Ah, now I see the mix up. In England, a socket is the round thing with a square hole that the ratchet fits to. Hence, if we buy the box with a ratchet & several of the ends that fit it, we call it a "socket set". What's in the picture is called a "box spanner". "spanner" being the English word for what you call a "wrench"

I recall that someone (can't remember who) said "England & America are two countries divided by a common language"