bickster Posted November 10, 2021 Moderator Share Posted November 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: A toastie maker you mean We used to call them a Breville in the same way a vaccuum cleaner is always a Hoover. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted November 10, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 10, 2021 6 minutes ago, bickster said: We used to call them a Breville in the same way a vaccuum cleaner is always a Hoover. It’s a public address system. Tannoy is a brand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted November 11, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2021 3 hours ago, bickster said: We used to call them a Breville in the same way a vaccuum cleaner is always a Hoover. When a brand becomes "verbified." It's the holy grail for brands. People used to Xerox things instead of photocopying them. We "Google" something, not conduct an internet search. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 11, 2021 Moderator Share Posted November 11, 2021 4 hours ago, TheAuthority said: When a brand becomes "verbified." It's the holy grail for brands. People used to Xerox things instead of photocopying them. We "Google" something, not conduct an internet search. Just be grateful it didn’t happen with Trombones or you might be playing a Greenhoe or a Haag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted November 11, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2021 My dad always used to say that Dyson would replace Hoover when people refer to doing the vacuum cleaning. I always maintained that “doing the Hoovering” was better due to it’s onomatopoeic quality. I suppose one might say “we need to get the Dyson out…” Sellotape is one of the best examples of brand name taking over. I almost never say sticky tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 11, 2021 Moderator Share Posted November 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Mark Albrighton said: Sellotape is one of the best examples of brand name taking over. I almost never say sticky tape. When they were making stuff on Blue Peter, they had to refer to it as sticky tape and it always sounded stupid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted November 11, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Mark Albrighton said: Sellotape is one of the best examples of brand name taking over. I almost never say sticky tape. That's a good one. Like Tannoy, no one ever actually says public address system apart from Partridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 11, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: That's a good one. Like Tannoy, no one ever actually says public address system apart from Partridge. In the music world it's always a P.A., though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted November 11, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2021 20 minutes ago, mjmooney said: In the music world it's always a P.A., though. Fair point, but it's only ever called "PA" not "Public Address". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 11, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2021 15 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: Fair point, but it's only ever called "PA" not "Public Address". True. In fact I'd wager that not a few people who routinely reference 'the PA system' don't actually know what it stands for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Designer1 Posted November 11, 2021 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2021 7 hours ago, TheAuthority said: We "Google" something, not conduct an internet search. I think you mean Mooney. 2 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted November 11, 2021 Moderator Share Posted November 11, 2021 2 hours ago, bickster said: When they were making stuff on Blue Peter, they had to refer to it as sticky tape and it always sounded stupid Sticky back plastic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 11, 2021 Moderator Share Posted November 11, 2021 Just now, OutByEaster? said: Sticky back plastic! Not forgetting their most favourite Double Sided Sticky Back Plastic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 11, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2021 1 minute ago, OutByEaster? said: Sticky back plastic! No. That was Fablon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted November 11, 2021 Moderator Share Posted November 11, 2021 Just now, mjmooney said: No. That was Fablon. Was he a magician? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 11, 2021 Moderator Share Posted November 11, 2021 7 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Was he a magician? Nah, Centre-Half for Real Xmas Candelabra 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted November 11, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2021 5 hours ago, Mark Albrighton said: Sellotape is one of the best examples of brand name taking over. I almost never say sticky tape. This always used to confuse me on Blue Peter. They would always say to use "sticky back plastic", which to me meant those big sheets of transparent plastic you used to cover books with. I always thought, why waste ages cutting up big sheets when they could just use Sellotape? Anyway, because I didn't want to cut up big sheets I never made the stuff they were taking about. If only they'd used Sellotape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 9 hours ago, TheAuthority said: When a brand becomes "verbified." It's the holy grail for brands. People used to Xerox things instead of photocopying them. We "Google" something, not conduct an internet search. my favourite german word comes from that whereas we as a general rule put "ed" on the end of a word to make it past tense they put "ge" at the start of a word so for example buy is kaufe bought is gekauft somehow its ended up as google and then past tense is gegoogled, they've messed it up, they apply past tense to an english word that is already in past tense 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted November 11, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2021 (edited) Tipp-Ex is another one that I only became aware of relatively late in life. I think it was my first job where we would specify that forms completed by clients should not have any “correction fluid” on them. Edited November 11, 2021 by Mark Albrighton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 11, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2021 47 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Tipp-Ex is another one that I only became aware of relatively late in life. I think it was my first job where we would specify that forms completed by clients should not have any “correction fluid” on them. Invented by the mother of Mike Nesmith of The Monkees. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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