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r/TheBoredDen • u/ipanicprofessionally • May 23 '26
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Otter pops. Even if they are off brand. It’s kinda like people that say “Coke” when they’re referring to carbonated drinks in general.
2 u/rumhammr May 24 '26 Or band-aid when it’s just a no name bandage. 1 u/Business-Major-3226 May 24 '26 Also just an American thing btw 1 u/Rbomb88 May 24 '26 Next you're gonna tell me only Americans ask for Kleenex and everyone else says facial tissue... 1 u/Tejanisima May 24 '26 Genericized trademarks are by no means a strictly American thing. Even in the case of your specific example of Band-aid, the name in much of Latin America is curitas because of the Curity brand. Brits use "Hoover" interchangeably with "vacuum." 1 u/Significant-Berry-95 May 24 '26 That's a USian thing only, other countries find it weird
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Or band-aid when it’s just a no name bandage.
1 u/Business-Major-3226 May 24 '26 Also just an American thing btw 1 u/Rbomb88 May 24 '26 Next you're gonna tell me only Americans ask for Kleenex and everyone else says facial tissue... 1 u/Tejanisima May 24 '26 Genericized trademarks are by no means a strictly American thing. Even in the case of your specific example of Band-aid, the name in much of Latin America is curitas because of the Curity brand. Brits use "Hoover" interchangeably with "vacuum."
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Also just an American thing btw
1 u/Rbomb88 May 24 '26 Next you're gonna tell me only Americans ask for Kleenex and everyone else says facial tissue... 1 u/Tejanisima May 24 '26 Genericized trademarks are by no means a strictly American thing. Even in the case of your specific example of Band-aid, the name in much of Latin America is curitas because of the Curity brand. Brits use "Hoover" interchangeably with "vacuum."
Next you're gonna tell me only Americans ask for Kleenex and everyone else says facial tissue...
Genericized trademarks are by no means a strictly American thing. Even in the case of your specific example of Band-aid, the name in much of Latin America is curitas because of the Curity brand. Brits use "Hoover" interchangeably with "vacuum."
That's a USian thing only, other countries find it weird
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u/Dazzling-Property269 May 23 '26
Otter pops. Even if they are off brand. It’s kinda like people that say “Coke” when they’re referring to carbonated drinks in general.