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Post by selfishreasons on May 13, 2003 12:54:38 GMT -5
that's not cheating, Peach. That is right on the money. My mother friend calls all record players victrola's.
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Post by DramaLJDiva on May 13, 2003 15:36:06 GMT -5
Reynolds Wrap is really LJ...I mean, Aluminum Foil! But I find myself calling it Reynolds Wrap all the time!
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Post by tdallasw on May 13, 2003 17:57:03 GMT -5
Same goes for Saran Wrap and Ziploc Bags - no matter what brand it is
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Post by sukkafu on May 14, 2003 3:17:34 GMT -5
peach- cheated!
don't people say - do you have a tic tac or an altoid-
instead of breath mint?
some folks say do you have any listerine instead of mouth wash.
some folks say scotch tape instead of adhesive tape.
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Post by Peach on May 14, 2003 11:21:52 GMT -5
I didn't cheat, per se....I just have a lot of useless garbage in my brain!!  My job does that to me. The "Personal Watercraft" thing blew my mind the first time I had to develop the "water sports equipment" area of our database. How about Chlorox instead of just bleach? Peach |
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Post by Aba21 on May 14, 2003 13:51:06 GMT -5
Tide---Soap powder
Wisk---Laundry detergent
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Post by kalisa2 on May 14, 2003 13:58:13 GMT -5
Ajax for any scouring powder. Works at my house  |
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Post by rufffan on May 14, 2003 14:20:16 GMT -5
We call it COMET
Just like we call it S O S or BRILLO scouring soap pad
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Post by iratherlikeme on May 14, 2003 14:27:40 GMT -5
My mother was saying yesterday how [our] folks call it Purex instead of bleach. I thought about it, and just about all the old women I know call it Purex. Do y'all know how surprised I was to find out about three or four years ago that Purex was a name brand?
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Post by Peach on May 14, 2003 14:29:22 GMT -5
And Windex for the blue glass cleaner!!
Peach
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Post by DramaLJDiva on May 14, 2003 15:03:24 GMT -5
Did anyone yet mention Listerine for mouthwash?
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Post by Dbaby on May 14, 2003 23:04:14 GMT -5
 YAY! You guys rock! Yeah, I remember when I moved up here from Houston the two things I had to change was saying You Guys instead of Yall and asking for the coke (there I go! I should have said carbonated beverage!) I wanted instead of asking for a coke when I really wanted a Dr. Pepper!
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Post by sukkafu on May 15, 2003 2:04:03 GMT -5
A PERFECT EXAMPLE THAT NOBODY READS SUKKAFU'S POSTS!  DIVA ASKS IN POST #25 IF SOMEONE SAID LISTERINE- I JUST DID IN POST #18!  niece baby- if you were in brooklyn, you would've said yooz guyz! |
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Post by janebse on May 15, 2003 3:41:02 GMT -5
Soome years ago both Kleenex and Scotch Tape did a hard legal fight to protect their brand names from becoming generic terms.
Notice that today Three M advertises Scotch Tape as Scotch Brand Tape.
In England the first brand name product out becomes the term for the item. Hence one "hoovers" the rug. And the Birol is the name of all ball point pens. "May I borrow your birol?"
While I am on names, Otis Williams registered the Temptations name before Motown did. However, he didn't know much about how to do it and while he did it in one way, with a lawyer or something, Berry Gordy's sister did it the correct way. But since Otis had legally done something to register the name first, he and Motown came to some sort of agreement later on whereby his registration of the name became the legal one. I am a bit vague on the actual terms for this process.
And while I am now on legal processes, I recently read that no one who has sued Motown has ever won, suggesting that most did not have a legal basis on which to sue.
I also read that Mary Wilson may now be granted the legal right to use the name Supremes.
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Post by DramaLJDiva on May 15, 2003 16:00:23 GMT -5
See, I knew someone had said Listerine, but somehow my eyes glazed over it!  |
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YAY! You guys rock! Yeah, I remember when I moved up here from Houston the two things I had to change was saying You Guys instead of Yall and asking for the coke (there I go! I should have said carbonated beverage!) I wanted instead of asking for a coke when I really wanted a Dr. Pepper!