Brand names that have become common words
Brand names that have become common words
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Missing Hoover
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I dunno, I don't know anyone who doesn't call it a vacuum. I know people who own Hoover's and they still call it their vacuum.
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That's UK English vs. American English. I think American English might genericise (if that's a word) trademarks more often than UK English, but hoover is one that the UK has that America doesn't.
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I think another one is referring to cream cheese as Philadelphia.
I’m American though so any Brit’s out there please correct me if I’m wrong.
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Funny enough Philadelphia can not be called a cream cheese in the EU
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In the US, we have this in menu items. Like “Philadelphia Roll” has cream cheese.
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It has certainly fallen out of favor, similarly to Xerox. It used to be the primary way people referred to vacuum cleaners.
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It's probably American biased. In the US it's commonly called a 'vacuum' or 'vacuum cleaner.' 'Hoover' is not used much in US.
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Only in UK.
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