Also xeroxing documents. and hoovering the carpet. They sound all fire and brimstone, but people are going to people and they are fighting a losing battle. And they know it.
I’ve never actually heard another aussie call a tissue a kleenex before tbh
Although I am surprised glad wrap and googling haven’t been genericised yet.
And only tangentially related but I used to get a bit annoyed when (mostly old) people would use “iPad” as a general term for anything larger than a phone but smaller than a laptop, until I realised if people did that and apple lost the trademark, there’d be one less thing for the rich kids with their i devices to bully people for
Google is a little different, because people don’t say they’ll “Google something” and then use a different search engine. They actually use Google. It isn’t synonymous with “search”. It’s just the search engine most people use.
Also xeroxing documents. and hoovering the carpet. They sound all fire and brimstone, but people are going to people and they are fighting a losing battle. And they know it.
esky, doona
Kleenex, biro and band aid.
I’ve never actually heard another aussie call a tissue a kleenex before tbh
Although I am surprised glad wrap and googling haven’t been genericised yet.
And only tangentially related but I used to get a bit annoyed when (mostly old) people would use “iPad” as a general term for anything larger than a phone but smaller than a laptop, until I realised if people did that and apple lost the trademark, there’d be one less thing for the rich kids with their i devices to bully people for
Texta is another one.
I can smell that word lol
Huh. I always thought they were spelled texter
Nope. Texta and aussie owned too.
I don’t think I’ve ever used a texta branded texta before, just whatever the kmart version is called
They were big in the 80s. These days many more brands on offer.
Google is a little different, because people don’t say they’ll “Google something” and then use a different search engine. They actually use Google. It isn’t synonymous with “search”. It’s just the search engine most people use.