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elkid
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 Posted: 09/26/03 - 09:59 Post subject: Brand names that are product names
The bandaid business got me thinking ... BandAid makes bandages. Kleenex makes tissues. But you often say "I need a bandaid and a Kleenex". "I'll have a Coke" also comes to mind. What others?
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Pug
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Posted: 09/26/03 - 10:00 Post subject:
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Posted: 09/26/03 - 10:07 Post subject:
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Posted: 09/26/03 - 10:10 Post subject:
In the UK, they Hoover the rugs.
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Posted: 09/26/03 - 10:15 Post subject:
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Posted: 09/26/03 - 10:19 Post subject:
I can think of several:
Q-tip
Popsicle
Jello
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Posted: 09/26/03 - 10:20 Post subject:
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Posted: 09/26/03 - 10:21 Post subject:
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Posted: 09/26/03 - 10:58 Post subject:
Tivo
side note: I was thinking of posting this exact same subject to start a thread today, there kid!
Nice work.
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runaroundsue
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Posted: 09/26/03 - 11:26 Post subject: Re: Brand names that are product names
| elkid wrote: | | The bandaid business got me thinking ... BandAid makes bandages. Kleenex makes tissues. But you often say "I need a bandaid and a Kleenex". "I'll have a Coke" also comes to mind. What others? |
In my hometown, we had to ask for a Scottie for a facial tissue, if we asked for a kleenex we got an evil look or worse.
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thegman
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Posted: 09/26/03 - 11:32 Post subject: Re: Brand names that are product names
| runaroundsue wrote: | | elkid wrote: | | The bandaid business got me thinking ... BandAid makes bandages. Kleenex makes tissues. But you often say "I need a bandaid and a Kleenex". "I'll have a Coke" also comes to mind. What others? |
In my hometown, we had to ask for a Scottie for a facial tissue, if we asked for a kleenex we got an evil look or worse. |
Didn't they try to bite you when you blew your nose on them? 
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kobyj
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Posted: 09/26/03 - 12:01 Post subject:
In Haiti, if you want a piece of gum, you ask for "chicklet". Could you say we use Wrigleys as gum in the US?
Ohh. For searching you just "Google it"!
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