• @Euphorazine
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    91 year ago

    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.

    • @evasive_chimpanzee
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      91 year ago

      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.

      • @SmoothLiquidation
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        11 year ago

        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.

        • SpongeBorgCubePants
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          21 year ago

          Funny enough Philadelphia can not be called a cream cheese in the EU

        • @transmatrix
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          1 year ago

          In the US, we have this in menu items. Like “Philadelphia Roll” has cream cheese.

    • @dariusj18
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      11 year ago

      It has certainly fallen out of favor, similarly to Xerox. It used to be the primary way people referred to vacuum cleaners.