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Originally Posted by issybird
I have to agree with Paul; electric kettles are rare in the US. And just because they do exist, someone could have one, does not justify its use as a plot point in a mystery novel, where its existence takes you out of the story. Why not just put the kettle on the burner?
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I think a stove top one would work better.
My problem was Paul's assumption that US people do not know what a tea kettle is. He specifically said no one. Well I am in the US and it took me less than 2 seconds to find electric tea kettles for sale in the US. Numerous ones, therefore they are not that rare and it wouldn't take me out of a book. My great-grandmother owned an electric one. I owned one but I didn't like it because of the design and that particular model literally boiled the water. So it evaporated too quickly.