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Post by Dbaby on May 12, 2003 18:55:03 GMT -5
I was bored beyond belief in Lit Honors today, and so I was thinking about how there are some products that are called by their brand name ALL THE TIME instead of what they really are. For example, Band-Aids... their really adheasive bandages. So can you guys think of anything else? Here's the rest of my list.
Kleenex - facial tissues
Xerox Copy
Ok, yeah, I can't think of anymore!
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Post by Dbaby on May 12, 2003 18:55:29 GMT -5
Oh yeah! Jello is really gelatin!
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Post by iratherlikeme on May 12, 2003 19:00:36 GMT -5
For some reason, my mother and I have this conversation all the time. We came up with the same ones, too, though.
I think Vaseline is one. And Kool-Aid.
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Post by selfishreasons on May 12, 2003 19:01:49 GMT -5
this is so true, dbaby. I have thought about that alot.
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Post by iratherlikeme on May 12, 2003 19:31:51 GMT -5
You know, some folks do that to Rubbermaid, too, especially when the tops were white.
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Post by selfishreasons on May 12, 2003 19:33:48 GMT -5
rubbermaid? we all call it tupperware. is that what you mean? Everything that's plactic and holds stuff wer call it tupperware.
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Post by selfishreasons on May 12, 2003 19:35:07 GMT -5
My grandfather alway call the refridgerator the "fridgidaire."
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Post by iratherlikeme on May 12, 2003 20:18:06 GMT -5
No. I don't believe I even knew the name 'tupperware' was until about two years ago. I call them plastic containers. But some folks call them all "Rubbermaid."
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Post by Peach on May 12, 2003 21:10:05 GMT -5
How funny...I call the Tupperware things "Storage Containers."  Must have something to do with my job. How about Q-Tips? Do we call them cotton swabs? Peach |
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Post by tdallasw on May 12, 2003 22:18:37 GMT -5
in some parts of the south people call every carbonated drink a "Coke"
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Post by sukkafu on May 13, 2003 3:03:02 GMT -5
vicks vaporub instead of mentholated jelly
or robitussin instead of cough medicine
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Post by Ivory Fair on May 13, 2003 11:54:43 GMT -5
dallas stole my answer  I had a boyfriend from Chicago one time who SWORE that southerners just say "coke" to a waiter or whomever and the waiter just KNOWS what they want. We say "coke" get a Sprite and we're happy! I told him he was crazy. |
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Post by iratherlikeme on May 13, 2003 12:01:23 GMT -5
Somebody'll say, "Can I have a coke?" Then the person he's talking to will say, "What kind?" :laughing:
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Post by sukkafu on May 13, 2003 12:15:35 GMT -5
wite out -even though there's also liquid paper and 50 other brands of correction fluid
some folks say - put that in your palm pilot- even though palm isn't the only one that makes pda's.
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Post by Peach on May 13, 2003 12:48:55 GMT -5
I thought of some more, but I cheated a little. My job is building an online database of commodities, and it's like a thesaurus with Use For's and synonyms, etc. Anyway, many times we have to attach the Brand Trade Name so that people can find what it's *really* called......
I thought of how I ask for a Tylenol, instead of acetaminophen. Also "Jet Ski" is really a personal watercraft. "Plexiglas" is really acrylic glass... "Post It Note" is a self-stick note...... "Velcro" is a hook and loop fastener....
I'm cheating because this is what I do all day. :sleepy:
Peach
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